[yt-users] Install script failure under OpenSuSE 12.2

[Matthew Turk]

Hi Erik,

Thanks for writing.  I spun up an EC2 instance of OpenSUSE and was not
able to replicate the problem, although I think I found a fix online
anyway.  Essentially, the argument:

--libdir=${DEST_DIR}/lib/

needs to be passed to the Python configure script.  I've added this to
the install script if it detects that it's running on SUSE.  This
should also fix the error Nick Earl had (identical error!) that he
reported to the list last fall.  Sorry for not addressing it more
directly sooner!

One last question -- while updating the install script, I identified
two sets of packages that need to be installed.  Am I missing
anything?

sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_C_C++
sudo zypper install gcc-c++ libopenssl-devel libuuid-devel zip

The easiest way to fix this is probably to wipe the installation and
start anew -- however, it sounds like you've found a way around it
already.  :)  I believe this solution is functionally equivalent to
installing and copying.

Let us know if you run into any other problems,

Matt

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Erik Rosolowsky
<erik.rosolowsky at ubc.ca> wrote:
> Dear List --
>
> I had some build issues with yt on OpenSuSE 12.2 which likely affect users of >12.1  Python apparently builds critical components into
>
> $YT_DEST/lib64/python2.7/config/
> $YT_DEST/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/
>
> and then looks for them in:
> $YT_DEST/lib/python2.7/config/
> $YT_DEST/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/
>
> resulting in this failure when the script tried to build distribute.
>
> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 563, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 545, in main
>     known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 278, in addusersitepackages
>     user_site = getusersitepackages()
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 253, in getusersitepackages
>     user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 243, in getuserbase
>     USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 521, in get_config_var
>     return get_config_vars().get(name)
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 420, in get_config_vars
>     _init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
>   File "/UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 288, in _init_posix
>     raise IOError(msg)
> IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /UBC-O/erosolo/yt-x86_64/lib/python2.7/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
>
> I patched the problem by symbolically linking the lib64/python2.7 files into the lib/python2.7 directories and re-executing the script.   Is there a better approach to this fail?
>
> thank you,
> e.
>
> --
> Erik Rosolowsky
> Asst. Prof. of Physics and Astronomy
> University of British Columbia Okanagan
> 3333 University Way, Kelowna BC V1V 1V7 Canada
> (250) 807-9623 - erik.rosolowsky at ubc.ca
>
>
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