rpmbuild: compiles without error but does not install

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi,

I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a replacement
(and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and get it
approved for Fedora.

I have created the following spec file available here:

https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214

It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using 

$sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 

I get:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04 2016.
Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages)

The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to remove the
suggestion.

Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?

Best wishes,
Ranjan


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[Rick Stevens]

On 10/03/2016 06:38 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a
> replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and
> get it approved for Fedora.
>  
>  I have created the following spec file available here:
>  
>  https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>  
>  It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using 
>  
>  $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 
>  
>  I get:
>  
>  Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04 2016.
>  Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch
>  (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages)
>  
>  The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to remove
> the suggestion.
>  
>  Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file? 
It looks like you have an install dependency on /bin/python3 but it's
not installed (check "ls /bin/python3"). That file is provided by the
python3-3.5.1-17.fc24.x86_64 RPM (on my updated machine).

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[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:30:44 -0700 Rick Stevens <ricks(a)alldigital.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 10/03/2016 06:38 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a
> replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and
> get it approved for Fedora.
>  > 
>  > I have created the following spec file available here:
>  > 
>  > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>  > 
>  > It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using 
>  > 
>  > $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 
>  > 
>  > I get:
>  > 
>  > Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04 2016.
>  > Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch
>  > (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting
> packages)
>  > 
>  > The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to
> remove the suggestion.
>  > 
>  > Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
>  
>  It looks like you have an install dependency on /bin/python3 but it's
>  not installed (check "ls /bin/python3"). That file is provided by the
>  python3-3.5.1-17.fc24.x86_64 RPM (on my updated machine). 
Rick,

Thanks! But I have a 

Requires: python3

Is that not enough?

Besides, python3 and python3-devel is also installed and updated on my machine.

Ranjan


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[stan]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 08:38:01 -0500
Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hi,
>  
>  I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across
>  battray as a replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it
>  together as a rpm and perhaps and get it approved for Fedora.
>  
>  I have created the following spec file available here:
>  
>  https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>  
>  It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm
>  using 
>  
>  $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 
>  
>  I get:
>  
>  Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04
>  2016. Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by
>  battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch (try to add '--allowerasing' to command
>  line to replace conflicting packages)
>  
>  The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than
>  to remove the suggestion.
>  
>  Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file? 
Can this be correct?
Provides:       python3-staplelib = %{version}-%{release}

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:34:39 -0700 stan <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net&gt; wrote:

>  On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 08:38:01 -0500
>  Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:
>  
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across
>  > battray as a replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it
>  > together as a rpm and perhaps and get it approved for Fedora.
>  > 
>  > I have created the following spec file available here:
>  > 
>  > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>  > 
>  > It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm
>  > using 
>  > 
>  > $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 
>  > 
>  > I get:
>  > 
>  > Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04
>  > 2016. Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by
>  > battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch (try to add '--allowerasing' to command
>  > line to replace conflicting packages)
>  > 
>  > The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than
>  > to remove the suggestion.
>  > 
>  > Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
>  
>  Can this be correct?
>  Provides:       python3-staplelib = %{version}-%{release} 
Sorry, this is an error which I found after I posted (and still went on looking).

But it does not resolve the problem. I still get the same error.

Here is the modified specfile:

$ fpaste battray.spec 
Uploading (1.6KiB)...
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442681/51382314/ ->
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442681/51382314


Thanks!
Ranjan

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[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:34:39 -0700 stan <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net&gt; wrote:

>  On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 08:38:01 -0500
>  Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:
>  
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across
>  > battray as a replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it
>  > together as a rpm and perhaps and get it approved for Fedora.
>  > 
>  > I have created the following spec file available here:
>  > 
>  > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>  > 
>  > It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm
>  > using 
>  > 
>  > $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 
>  > 
>  > I get:
>  > 
>  > Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04
>  > 2016. Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by
>  > battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch (try to add '--allowerasing' to command
>  > line to replace conflicting packages)
>  > 
>  > The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than
>  > to remove the suggestion.
>  > 
>  > Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
>  
>  Can this be correct?
>  Provides:       python3-staplelib = %{version}-%{release} 
Sorry, here is the corrected 

$ fpaste battray.spec
Uploading (1.6KiB)...
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714/ ->
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714

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[stan]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 12:04:31 -0500
Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:

>  Sorry, here is the corrected 
>  
>  $ fpaste battray.spec
>  Uploading (1.6KiB)...
>  http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714/ ->
>  https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714 
I think this is still wrong.  It might not be the problem, but I doubt
it is the right formula.
Provides:       %{_bindir}/bin/%{version}-%{release}

I think it should be 
Provides:       %{_bindir}/%{name}.%{version}-%{release}

I have no more ideas as to the cause.  Maybe you should ask on devel?
Or check bugzilla to see if there is a known bug doing this?

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:44:41 -0700 stan <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net&gt; wrote:

>  On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 12:04:31 -0500
>  Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:
>  
>  > Sorry, here is the corrected 
>  > 
>  > $ fpaste battray.spec
>  > Uploading (1.6KiB)...
>  > http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714/ ->
>  > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714
>  
>  I think this is still wrong.  It might not be the problem, but I doubt
>  it is the right formula.
>  Provides:       %{_bindir}/bin/%{version}-%{release}
>  
>  I think it should be 
>  Provides:       %{_bindir}/%{name}.%{version}-%{release}
>   
Yes, you are right, sorry.

>  I have no more ideas as to the cause.  Maybe you should ask on devel?
Yes, I guess I should ask there, though I was not sure that this qualified as a devel
question so I thought that I would ask here.
Maybe someone may still have ideas so I will post the corrected spec here:

$ fpaste battray.specUploading (1.6KiB)...
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442704/55183281/ ->
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442704/55183281

Thanks,
Ranjan

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[Rick Stevens]

On 10/03/2016 10:04 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>  On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:34:39 -0700 stan
> <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net&gt; wrote:
>  
> > On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 08:38:01 -0500
> > Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across
> >> battray as a replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it
> >> together as a rpm and perhaps and get it approved for Fedora.
> >>
> >> I have created the following spec file available here:
> >>
> >> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
> >>
> >> It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm
> >> using 
> >>
> >> $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm 
> >>
> >> I get:
> >>
> >> Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04
> >> 2016. Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by
> >> battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch (try to add '--allowerasing' to command
> >> line to replace conflicting packages)
> >>
> >> The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than
> >> to remove the suggestion.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
> >
> > Can this be correct?
> > Provides:       python3-staplelib = %{version}-%{release}
>  
>  Sorry, here is the corrected 
>  
>  $ fpaste battray.spec
>  Uploading (1.6KiB)...
>  http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714/ ->
> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442684/51425714 
Looking at that, I'm wondering if your line 31 in the "%install"
section should read:

	/bin/python3 setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}

As it is now, it's depending on a relative path that gets expanded to
/bin/python3, but if it's in a chroot (and I can't recall if rpm does
a chroot to a working directory) then the chroot probably WON'T have
a /bin/python3 in it. A literal leading slash overrides that, I think.

Try the install again using "rpm -i --test -vv" (NOT dnf) and look at
the output. You might see something.
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[SOLVED] rpmbuild: compiles without error but does not install

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 11:06:46 -0700 Rick Stevens <ricks(a)alldigital.com&gt; wrote:
>  
>  Looking at that, I'm wondering if your line 31 in the "%install"
>  section should read:
>  
>  	/bin/python3 setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
>  
>  As it is now, it's depending on a relative path that gets expanded to
>  /bin/python3, but if it's in a chroot (and I can't recall if rpm does
>  a chroot to a working directory) then the chroot probably WON'T have
>  a /bin/python3 in it. A literal leading slash overrides that, I think. 
You are correct -- the right way of putting this in should have been:

%{__python3} setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}

Here is the current (corrected) version of battray.spec for the records, where the rpm
installs.

$ fpaste battray.spec
Uploading (1.6KiB)...
http://paste.fedoraproject.org/442710/55191481/ ->
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442710/55191481

The tar.gz does not come with an explicit license file. I have asked upstream to put this
in, and after that, I will submit to Fedora.

Thanks again to you and to Stan for all your help!! It is much appreciated.

Best wishes,
Ranjan

[Ahmad Samir]

On 3 October 2016 at 15:38, Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt; wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a
> replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and
> get it approved for Fedora.
>
>  I have created the following spec file available here:
>
>  https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>
>  It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using
>
>  $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm
>
>  I get:
>
>  Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04 2016.
>  Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch
>  (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages)
>
>  The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to remove
> the suggestion.
>
>  Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
>  
Try:
%install
%{_python3} setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}

%{_python3} expands to /usr/bin/python3; I think on your system
python3 in "python3 setup.py...." resolves to /bin/python3 which
explains the wrong requires added to the package.

Try examining your $PATH env var, maybe /bin/ is precedes /usr/bin/ on
your system?

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[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 20:24:05 +0200 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 3 October 2016 at 15:38, Ranjan Maitra <maitra(a)email.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a
> replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and
> get it approved for Fedora.
>  >
>  > I have created the following spec file available here:
>  >
>  > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
>  >
>  > It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using
>  >
>  > $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm
>  >
>  > I get:
>  >
>  > Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04 2016.
>  > Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch
>  > (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting
> packages)
>  >
>  > The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to
> remove the suggestion.
>  >
>  > Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
>  >
>  
>  Try:
>  %install
>  %{_python3} setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
>  
>  %{_python3} expands to /usr/bin/python3; I think on your system
>  python3 in "python3 setup.py...." resolves to /bin/python3 which
>  explains the wrong requires added to the package.
>  
>  Try examining your $PATH env var, maybe /bin/ is precedes /usr/bin/ on
>  your system? 
Ahmad,

Thank you for this. This was it.

best wishes,
Ranjan