[virt-tools-list] virt-manager reporting wrong virtinst version and refuse to start
Cole Robinson
crobinso at redhat.com
Tue Feb 15 20:25:16 UTC 2011
On 02/15/2011 03:15 PM, Bruno Lamps wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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'.
>
What's the output of 'python setup.py install --prefix=/usr' ?
- Cole
> 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 at ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ cd /
> lamps at 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 <crobinso at redhat.com
> <mailto:crobinso at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
> On 02/15/2011 02:18 PM, Bruno Lamps wrote:
> > Running from outside the virtinst directory:
> >
> > lamps at ubunteira:/opt/virtinst-0.500.5$ cd /
> > lamps at 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 <crobinso at redhat.com
> <mailto:crobinso at redhat.com>
> > <mailto:crobinso at redhat.com <mailto:crobinso at redhat.com>>> 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:
> > >
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2010-August/msg00075.html
> > >
> > > 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:
> > >
> > > http://virt-manager.org/download.html
> > >
> > > 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:
> > >
> > > http://virt-manager.org/download.html
> > >
> > >
> > > The output of
> > >
> > > python -c 'import virtinst; print virtinst'
> > >
> > > command is:
> > >
> > > lamps at 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 at 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 at latin/virtinst.mo from sr at 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 at latin/virtinst.mo to
> > share/locale/sr at 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 at latin/virtinst.mo ->
> > > /usr/local/share/locale/sr at 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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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