hi Steve. the python interpreter is not the issue. I am using python 2.6 without issues, the issue is the dependency on the rpm-python os package (python library). I cannot find/install this for centos5. the "rpm" library is not part of the standard python distro, it's an extra library.
On Friday, March 8, 2019 at 2:17:04 PM UTC-8, Steve R wrote: > > If you can install a newer python on the machines you should be able > to manage them by setting the inventory variable > "ansible_python_interpreter" for them to the path of the alternate > python interpreter. > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:25 PM Adam E <abed...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > hey there, i'm trying to manage a bunch of centos5/rhel5 systems with > ansible 2.7.5 > > > > On the target host I am able to install python 2.6 from epel which is > all good and ansible runs just fine for most stuff. The issue is with > anything related to packages (ie . package_facts and package). They both > rely on the "rpm" python library. > > > > > > Problem is, I can't figure out how to install this library on centos 5. > It seems the library is not available in epel > > > > I tried building from source but I then get the error below: > > # python26 > > Python 2.6.8 (unknown, Nov 7 2012, 14:47:45) > > [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)] on linux2 > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > >>> import rpm > > rpm.py:15: UserWarning: The RPM Python bindings are not currently > available via PyPI. > > > > > > Please install them with your distro package manager (typically called > > 'python2-rpm' or 'python3-rpm'), and ensure that any virtual > environments > > needing the API are configured to be able to see the system site > packages > > directory. > > > > > > warnings.warn(warning_msg) > > >>> > > > > > > If I can't get this working, I guess my only options are to either just > not manage packages on the legacy centos/rhel5 boxes or see about running > an older version (multiple versions) of ansible within AWX. > > > > Just wondering if anyone has went through this already and can provide > any tips. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ansible Project" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to ansible-proje...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to ansible...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/18a045ee-1f63-437b-a8c5-d10880e5cd50%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dfcfab66-f579-4aea-8c82-58dd6dc8bfca%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
