Re: apt-get install zope fails

[Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe <joao.roscoe@magnetimarelli.com.br>]

Hi, Stephen,

Thanks for your help.

I gave it a try:

   ...
   ...
   debian-hp:/usr/bin# zopectl -a default
   Setting up initial user for default...sh: /usr/lib/zope/zpasswd.py:
   /usr/bin/env: bad interpreter: Permission denied
    failed: system(lib/zope/instance/default/access...) exited with
   status(32256)
   default: access: system(lib/zope/instance/default/access...) exited
   with status(32256)
   ...
   ...
   debian-hp:/usr/bin# ls -l /usr/bin/pyth*
   lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Jan 14 09:28
   /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.2
   -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       637472 Apr 20  2002
   /usr/bin/python2.1
   -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       976508 Nov 18 00:59
   /usr/bin/python2.2
   -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1118972 Jan  5 01:57
   /usr/bin/python2.3
   ...
   ...

Duh! Wrong python version? So I tried removing the link and recreating 
it pointing to python2.1 and to python2.3, but got exactly the same 
error that way too. Sigh! Any clue?

Thanks,
Joao

Stephen wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:35:02AM -0200 or thereabouts, Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I've tried to install zope in my woody box and got the following:
> >
> > ...
> > ...
> > Setting up zope (2.6.2-6) ...
> > update-alternatives: unknown option `--list'
> >    
>
> [...]
>
>  
>
> > The install then hangs for a while, and proceeds. At the end, however, 
> > zope fails to start:
> >
> > ...
> > ...
> > Starting Zope instance default...
> > failed: missing required path(/var/lib/zope/instance/default/access)
> > Waiting instances in late: done.
> > default: start: missing required path(/var/lib/zope/instance/default/access)
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> >
> > Looks like old update-alternatives version. What do you think? If so, 
> > which package should I update?
> >    
>
> FWIW, I never had any issues with Zope on Woody, ran quite good
> actually. It's when I upgraded to Sarge that the Zope fun began, at least for me.
>
> I don't think you're having a problem installing zope, because, it's
> trying to start. What you're having is an issue with a default instance.
> I had that issue as well when I upgraded from a working Zope in Woody, to
> the one in Sarge.
>
> Anyway, for creating the default instance for Zope, you need to as root
> issue the following command: 'zopectl -a default' (follow the prompts) then 
> afterwards, 'zopectl start'.
>
> In terms of the "update-alternatives", sorry I can't help there. But did
> you try a search on Google with the error term? I find that often helps,
> or even search the list archives for that term. HTH.
>
>