[chef] Re: Easy Install Error for Pisa

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

Use the pip_install LWRP in the Python cookbook. It shouldn't have  
this issue, plus pip >>> easy_install :-)

--Noah

On Apr 20, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Chris Spencer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Chef, and I'm trying to automate the installation of the  
> Python package "pisa". I was hoping to use the  
> "easy_install_package" function, which I'm using like:
>
> easy_install_package "pisa" do
>     version "3.0.27"
> end
>
> but this throws the error:
>
> [myhost] err: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/../lib/ 
> chef/shell_out.rb:232:in `invalid!': Expected process to exit 0, but  
> it exited with 1 (Chef::Exceptions::ShellCommandFailed)
> [myhost] err: ---- Begin output of python -c "import pisa; print  
> pisa.__path__" ----
> [myhost] err: STDOUT:
> [myhost] err: STDERR: Traceback (most recent call last):
> [myhost] err:   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> [myhost] err: ImportError: No module named pisa
> [myhost] err: ---- End output of python -c "import pisa; print  
> pisa.__path__" ----
> [myhost] err: Ran python -c "import pisa; print pisa.__path__"  
> returned 1
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/shell_out.rb:218:in `error!'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/mixin/shell_out.rb:33:in `shell_out!'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/provider/package/easy_install.rb:69:in  
> `load_current_resource'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/resource.rb:394:in `run_action'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:53:in `run_action'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:89:in `converge'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:89:in `each'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:89:in `converge'
> [myhost] err:      ... 13 levels...
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/ 
> bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:62:in `run'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.12/bin/ 
> chef-solo:25
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'
> [myhost] err:     from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19
> [myhost] out: [Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:14:43 -0400] ERROR:  
> easy_install_package[pisa] (/tmp/chef/site-cookbooks/mysite/recipes/ 
> default.rb:68:in `from_file') had an error:
>
> The problem seems to be that easy_install_package is running 'python  
> -c "import pisa; print pisa.__path__"', which of course will throw  
> an error, because the actual module imported is called "ho.pisa",  
> not "pisa", even though the egg file is simply called "pisa". How  
> can modify easy_install_package to use the correct package name?
>
> Regards,
> Chris