[et-mgmt-tools] Re: Cobbler Check fails: ImportError: No modulenamed cobbler.cobbler

[Goodman, Roger L CTR JCS J8/SAMD]

Michael,
	Regarding your questions, I downloaded a file called cobbler-0.6.0.tar.gz from the website http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ .  I extracted it, ran some kind of a build command, to end up with cobbler-0.6.0.linux-x86_64.tar.gz, which I untarred from the root directory.  At no point did I see a requirement/prerequisite of Cheetah.Template (not on the website, not in the .tar.gz file, not during the build phase).  When I ran the "cobbler check" command, and I got the failure, is when I discovered that something was missing.
     I have since then loaded Cheetah templated from an RPM file on the RHEL 5 disks, and cobbler has fewer complaints now.  Still having problems getting a tftpd to stay running.  The tftp-server RPM is installed, but when I start tftp, it immediately exits.  When I first looked, I didn't see an RPM for the x86_64 architecture, which is why I went with the source file.
	So, I did not do a --force RPM install of cobbler, as I didn't have an RPM file, and the Cheetah.Template file came from the RHEL5 disks (disk 4, as I recall).  I did not have to do a --force on it, either, but I did install it _after_ cobbler had failed.
	My suggestions:
1. On the webpage, mention any/all prerequisites, and maybe even how to test if they are installed.
2. On the download page, link directly to the file wanted (x86, x86_64, etc.) directly, rather than dropping people into the Fedora EPEL 5 (x86_64) first page.  I did not catch that I could jump to a letter at the top of the page, and thought that the page showing was all that was available.  I did look in the links on the left, but didn't see it anywhere there, either.
Thanks, Roger Goodman

-----Original Message-----
From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 6:01 PM
To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools
Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Re: Cobbler Check fails: ImportError: No modulenamed cobbler.cobbler

Goodman, Roger L CTR JCS J8/SAMD wrote:
> I'm new here, and I just tried setting up Cobbler and Koan yesterday, and I am getting the same error, but the missing file is Cheetah.Template.  The traceback looks like this:
>
> File "/usr/bin/cobbler", line 18, in ?
> 	import cobbler.cobbler as app
> File "usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/cobbler.py", line 18, in ?
> 	import api
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 17, in ?
> 	import config
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/config.py", line 23, in ?
> 	import collection_distros as distros
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/collection_distros.py", line 17, in ?
> 	import collection
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/collection.py", line 22, in ?
> 	import action_litesync
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_litesync.py", line 28, in ?
> 	import action_sync
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/action_sync.py", line 34, in ?
> 	from Cheetah.Template  import Template
> ImportError: No module named Cheetah.Template

I'm guessing this is also a case of using RPM with "--nodeps" or "--force" -- which is a bad thing to do.

If I'm wrong, I'd be interested from what repository this came from or what your install process was.

You possibly force installed the python-cheetah from another distro rather than one that was built for your distro and version of Python?

--Michael


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