The requested output: lamps@ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ sudo python setup.py install --prefix=/usr running install running build Building build/po/ja/virtinst.mo from ja.po Building build/po/it/virtinst.mo from it.po Building build/po/nl/virtinst.mo from nl.po Building build/po/ru/virtinst.mo from ru.po Building build/po/sr@latin/virtinst.mo from sr@latin.po Building build/po/es/virtinst.mo from es.po Building build/po/zh_CN/virtinst.mo from zh_CN.po Building build/po/sr/virtinst.mo from sr.po Building build/po/uk/virtinst.mo from uk.po Building build/po/fr/virtinst.mo from fr.po Building build/po/pt_BR/virtinst.mo from pt_BR.po Building build/po/pl/virtinst.mo from pl.po running build_py package init file 'virtconv/parsers/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file) package init file 'virtconv/parsers/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file) running build_scripts running install_lib copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/virtconv/__init__.py -> /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtconv copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/virtinst/__init__.py -> /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtconv/__init__.py to __init__.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/__init__.py to __init__.pyc running install_scripts changing mode of /usr/bin/virt-install to 755 changing mode of /usr/bin/virt-image to 755 changing mode of /usr/bin/virt-convert to 755 changing mode of /usr/bin/virt-clone to 755 running install_data Installing build/po/pl/virtinst.mo to share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/pt_BR/virtinst.mo to share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/ja/virtinst.mo to share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/sr/virtinst.mo to share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/es/virtinst.mo to share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/uk/virtinst.mo to share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/sr@latin/virtinst.mo to share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/nl/virtinst.mo to share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/ru/virtinst.mo to share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/zh_CN/virtinst.mo to share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/it/virtinst.mo to share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ Installing build/po/fr/virtinst.mo to share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/pl/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/pt_BR/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/ja/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/sr/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/es/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/uk/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/sr@latin/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/nl/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/ru/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/zh_CN/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/it/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ copying build/po/fr/virtinst.mo -> /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ running install_egg_info Removing /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst-0.500.5-py2.6.egg-info Writing /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst-0.500.5-py2.6.egg-info <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Cole Robinson <<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On 02/15/2011 03:15 PM, Bruno Lamps wrote: > Hi, > </div><div class="im">> I know that you already showed to me what I should do now and that I should be > able to walk with my own legs, but I don't know what argument I should use in > 'python setup.py install'. > </div>What's the output of 'python setup.py install --prefix=/usr' ? - Cole <div><div></div><div class="h5"> > The available options are: > > Options for 'install' command: > --prefix installation prefix > --exec-prefix (Unix only) prefix for platform-specific files > --home (Unix only) home directory to install under > --user install in user site-package > '/home/lamps/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages' > --install-base base installation directory (instead of --prefix or -- > home) > --install-platbase base installation directory for platform-specific files > (instead of --exec-prefix or --home) > --root install everything relative to this alternate root > directory > --install-purelib installation directory for pure Python module > distributions > --install-platlib installation directory for non-pure module distributions > --install-lib installation directory for all module distributions > (overrides --install-purelib and --install-platlib) > --install-headers installation directory for C/C++ headers > --install-scripts installation directory for Python scripts > --install-data installation directory for data files > --compile (-c) compile .py to .pyc [default] > --no-compile don't compile .py files > --optimize (-O) also compile with optimization: -O1 for "python -O", -O2 > for "python -OO", and -O0 to disable [default: -O0] > --force (-f) force installation (overwrite any existing files) > --skip-build skip rebuilding everything (for testing/debugging) > --record filename in which to record list of installed files > --install-layout installation layout to choose (known values: deb, unix) > > Since 'python -c 'import sys; print sys.path' gives me these directories: > > lamps@ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ cd / > lamps@ubunteira:/$ python -c 'import sys; print sys.path' > ['', '/usr/lib/python2.6', '/usr/lib/python2.6/plat-linux2', > '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-old', > '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages', > '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL', > '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6', > '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', > '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages'] > > I tried installing with sudo python setup.py install -f --home > /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6, and also setting this --home parameter to > /usr/lib/python2.6, installation runs OK, but virt-manager still not launching. > > I'll reboot the machine, just in case. =] > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Cole Robinson <<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a> </div></div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a>>> wrote: > > On 02/15/2011 02:18 PM, Bruno Lamps wrote: > > Running from outside the virtinst directory: > > > > lamps@ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ cd / > > lamps@ubunteira:/$ python -c 'import virtinst; print virtinst' > > <module 'virtinst' from > '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/virtinst/__init__.pyc'> > > > > Running python setup.py install --prefix=/usr and trying to launch > > virt-manager resulted in the same error message, but using > "PYTHONPATH=..." to > > launch virt-manager works! Thanks! > > > > It will be necessary to change this path everytime I run virt-manager? Is it > > possible to make some sort of workaround? =] > > You should be able to mess with setup.py install arguments to install virtinst > into /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6, which is where ubuntu seems to store > things, or some other place in the default python path. > > See python -c 'import sys; print sys.path' to see all the place python looks > for modules on your system. > > See python setup.py install --help to see available install options. > > - Cole > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Cole Robinson <<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a>> </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a>>>> wrote: > > > > On 02/15/2011 01:59 PM, Bruno Lamps wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > There's a thread with this same title, in this list, from august > 2010. Link: > > > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2010-August/msg00075.html" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2010-August/msg00075.html</a> > > > > > > I got this same problem. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 x64. I made some > tests > > with > > > virt-manager 0.8.2, installed from ubuntu repositories, and then > downloaded > > > the newest virt-manager and virt-inst from virt-manager website. > > Compiled both > > > sources as usual (opening INSTALL and following the instructions), > but got > > > that error when trying to launch virt-manager: > > > > > > Erro ao iniciar o Gerenciador de Máquina Virtual: virtinst version > > 0.500.1 > > > is too old. > > > > > > virt-manager requires the python-virtinst library version > 0.500.5 or > > > greater. This can be downloaded at: > > > > > > <a href="http://virt-manager.org/download.html" target="_blank">http://virt-manager.org/download.html</a> > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line > 455, in > > <module> > > > main() > > > File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line > 370, in > > main > > > "\n\n" + msg) > > > RuntimeError: virtinst version 0.500.1 is too old. > > > > > > virt-manager requires the python-virtinst library version > 0.500.5 or > > > greater. This can be downloaded at: > > > > > > <a href="http://virt-manager.org/download.html" target="_blank">http://virt-manager.org/download.html</a> > > > > > > > > > The output of > > > > > > python -c 'import virtinst; print virtinst' > > > > > > command is: > > > > > > lamps@ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ python -c 'import virtinst; > print > > virtinst' > > > <module 'virtinst' from 'virtinst/__init__.py'> > > > > > > > Please show the output of that command when run from outside the > virtinst > > directory. > > > > > and the output for > > > > > > sudo python setup.py install > > > > > > is: > > > > > > lamps@ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ sudo python setup.py install > > > [sudo] password for lamps: > > > running install > > > running build > > > Building build/po/ja/virtinst.mo from ja.po > > > Building build/po/it/virtinst.mo from it.po > > > Building build/po/nl/virtinst.mo from nl.po > > > Building build/po/ru/virtinst.mo from ru.po > > > Building build/po/sr@latin/virtinst.mo from sr@latin.po > > > Building build/po/es/virtinst.mo from es.po > > > Building build/po/zh_CN/virtinst.mo from zh_CN.po > > > Building build/po/sr/virtinst.mo from sr.po > > > Building build/po/uk/virtinst.mo from uk.po > > > Building build/po/fr/virtinst.mo from fr.po > > > Building build/po/pt_BR/virtinst.mo from pt_BR.po > > > Building build/po/pl/virtinst.mo from pl.po > > > running build_py > > > package init file 'virtconv/parsers/__init__.py' not found (or not a > > regular file) > > > package init file 'virtconv/parsers/__init__.py' not found (or not a > > regular file) > > > running build_scripts > > > running install_lib > > > copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/virtconv/__init__.py -> > > > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtconv > > > copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/virtinst/__init__.py -> > > > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst > > > byte-compiling > > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtconv/__init__.py to > > > __init__.pyc > > > byte-compiling > > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst/__init__.py to > > > __init__.pyc > > > running install_scripts > > > changing mode of /usr/local/bin/virt-install to 755 > > > changing mode of /usr/local/bin/virt-image to 755 > > > changing mode of /usr/local/bin/virt-convert to 755 > > > changing mode of /usr/local/bin/virt-clone to 755 > > > running install_data > > > Installing build/po/pl/virtinst.mo to share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/pt_BR/virtinst.mo to > share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/ja/virtinst.mo to share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/sr/virtinst.mo to share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/es/virtinst.mo to share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/uk/virtinst.mo to share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/sr@latin/virtinst.mo to > > share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/nl/virtinst.mo to share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/ru/virtinst.mo to share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/zh_CN/virtinst.mo to > share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/it/virtinst.mo to share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > Installing build/po/fr/virtinst.mo to share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/pl/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/pt_BR/virtinst.mo -> > > /usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/ja/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/sr/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/es/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/uk/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/sr@latin/virtinst.mo -> > > > /usr/local/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/nl/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/ru/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/zh_CN/virtinst.mo -> > > /usr/local/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/it/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > copying build/po/fr/virtinst.mo -> > /usr/local/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ > > > running install_egg_info > > > Removing > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst-0.500.5.egg-info > > > Writing > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst-0.500.5.egg-info > > > > > > > > > Does anybody have some hint about fixing this? > > > > > > Thanks in advance ;D > > > > My guess is that /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages is not in > the default > > PYTHONPATH. > > > > You can either run virt-manager like > > 'PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages virt-manager', or > reinstall > > python-virtinst with > > > > python setup.py install --prefix=/usr > > > > - Cole > > > > > > > > </div></div></blockquote></div>