[virt-tools-list] virt-manager reporting wrong virtinst version and refuse to start

Bruno Lamps lampss at gmail.com
Tue Feb 15 20:15:35 UTC 2011


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'.

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> 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>> 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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