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Have you tried the binary installer? http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads/

If you're intent on building from source, make sure you're running "sudo python setup.py install; sudo make install-doc". Installing with the makefile directly will place packages in /usr/local, where Python doesn't normally live under OS X.

Or if you're serious about installing Python packages, you already have a .pydistutils.cfg file specifying where you want things to install. Learning a few options to put in that file is a lifesaver.

I remember having to symlink /usr/local/lib/python2.6 to /Library/Python/2.6 so that site-packages are automatically included in $PYTHONPATH. You should also see what echo $PYTHONPATH says, and make sure site-packages is in there.

For reference, mine is:

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/:/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/:

Try one of these:

http://mercurial.berkwood.com/