--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endif(NOT BUILD_DOC)
 # figure out the gcc version
 INCLUDE(gcc_version.cmake)
 
-find_package (PythonLibs REQUIRED)
+find_package (PythonLibs 2.7 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 
 #
@@ -228,13 +228,13 @@ include_directories( ${OpenCamLib_SOURCE_DIR} )
 #
 
 execute_process(
-    COMMAND python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(0,0,\"/usr/local\")"
+    COMMAND python2 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(0,0,\"/usr/local\")"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE Python_site_packages
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 ) # on Ubuntu 11.10 this outputs: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
 
 execute_process(
-    COMMAND python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(plat_specific=1,standard_lib=0,prefix=\"/usr/local\")"
+    COMMAND python2 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(plat_specific=1,standard_lib=0,prefix=\"/usr/local\")"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE Python_arch_packages
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 )
@@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ IF (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 ENDIF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 endif (BUILD_DOC)
 
-include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deb/package_details.cmake)
-
 # "make spackage"
 add_custom_target(spackage 
               ${CMAKE_COMMAND}