I'm trying the instructions "Installing EasyBuild with EasyBuild" on <
https://docs.easybuild.io/installation/#eb_as_module> and getting errors.
Any hints where I'm going astray?
easybuild@tn002:~$ export EB_TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER/eb_tmp
easybuild@tn002:~$ python3 -m pip install --ignore-installed --prefix
$EB_TMPDIR
So far, so good.
easybuild@tn002:~$ export PATH=$EB_TMPDIR/bin:$PATH
easybuild@tn002:~$ export PYTHONPATH=$(/bin/ls -rtd -1
$EB_TMPDIR/lib*/python*/site-packages | tail -1):$PYTHONPATH
/bin/ls: cannot access '/tmp/easybuild/eb_tmp/lib*/python*/site-packages':
No such file or directory
It looks like the pip install used a different directory structure than
implied in the instructions. There's an extra "local", and no
"site-packages". Instead "dist-packages" exists. Probably safe to blame
Ubuntu (but I thought easybuild worked on Ubuntu.)
Try #2
easybuild@tn002:~$ rm -rf /tmp/easybuild/
easybuild@tn002:~$ export EB_TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER/eb_tmp
easybuild@tn002:~$ python3 -m install --ignore-installed --prefix
$EB_TMPDIR easybuild
easybuild@tn002:~$ export PATH=$EB_TMPDIR/local/bin:$PATH
easybuild@tn002:~$ export PYTHONPATH=$(/bin/ls -rtd -1
$EB_TMPDIR/local/lib*/python*/dist-packages | tail -1):$PYTHONPATH
easybuild@tn002:~$ export EB_PYTHON=python3
easybuild@tn002:~$ eb --install-latest-eb-release --prefix /sw/eb
...
== FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully (build directory:
/sw/eb/build/EasyBuild/4.9.4/system-system): build failed (first 300 chars):
Failed to install EasyBuild packages: [Errno 22] Invalid argument:
'/sw/eb/software/EasyBuild/4.9.4/local' (took 1 min 50 secs)
== Results of the build can be found in the log file(s)
/tmp/eb-iog_u3f2/easybuild-EasyBuild-4.9.4-20250218.143841.fqvBJ.log
ERROR: Build of
/tmp/eb-iog_u3f2/tmprvdwwqxm/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs-develop/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EasyBuild/EasyBuild-4.9.4.eb
failed (err: "build failed (first 300 chars): Failed to install EasyBuild
packages: [Errno 22] Invalid argument:
'/sw/eb/software/EasyBuild/4.9.4/local'")
The last few lines of the referenced build log are here.
Successfully built easybuild-framework
Installing collected packages: easybuild-framework
Successfully installed easybuild-framework-4.9.4
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,861 run.py:251 INFO Using /bin/bash as shell for
running cmd: /usr/bin/python3 -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s.%s" %
sys.version_info[:3])'
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,861 run.py:260 INFO running cmd: /usr/bin/python3 -c
'import sys; print("%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3])'
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,895 run.py:251 INFO Using /bin/bash as shell for
running cmd: /usr/bin/python3 -c 'import sysconfig;
print(sysconfig.get_default_scheme())'
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,895 run.py:260 INFO running cmd: /usr/bin/python3 -c
'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_default_scheme())'
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,929 pythonpackage.py:283 INFO Active Python
installation scheme: posix_local
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,930 pythonpackage.py:302 INFO Found 'local'
subdirectory in installation prefix /sw/eb/software/EasyBuild/4.9.4:
['local']
== 2025-02-17 14:40:31,931 pythonpackage.py:305 INFO Subdirectories of
/sw/eb/software/EasyBuild/4.9.4/local: ['local', 'lib', 'contrib',
'easybuild', 'etc', 'bin']
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,015 build_log.py:171 ERROR EasyBuild crashed with an
error (at
easybuild/eb_tmp/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/easybuild/tools/build_log.py:111
in caller_info): Failed to install EasyBuild packages: [Errno 22] Invalid
argument: '/sw/eb/software/EasyBuild/4.9.4/local' (at
easybuild/eb_tmp/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/easybuild/easyblocks/e/easybuildmeta.py:158
in install_step)
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,015 build_log.py:267 INFO ... (took 23 secs)
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,018 filetools.py:2025 INFO Removing lock
/sw/eb/software/.locks/_sw_eb_software_EasyBuild_4.9.4.lock...
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,021 filetools.py:385 INFO Path
/sw/eb/software/.locks/_sw_eb_software_EasyBuild_4.9.4.lock successfully
removed.
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,021 filetools.py:2029 INFO Lock removed:
/sw/eb/software/.locks/_sw_eb_software_EasyBuild_4.9.4.lock
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,021 easyblock.py:4297 WARNING build failed (first
300 chars): Failed to install EasyBuild packages: [Errno 22] Invalid
argument: '/sw/eb/software/EasyBuild/4.9.4/local'
== 2025-02-17 14:40:32,022 easyblock.py:326 INFO Closing log for
application name EasyBuild version 4.9.4
I'm not a python programmer. Hints?
Thanks.
