[Kimchi-devel] Minor Issue with Deb packages on Ubuntu 16.4LTS

[Aline Manera]

Hi Bill,

On 04/24/2017 07:54 PM, WK wrote:
> This was what my guys downloaded. Soon after your announcement of the 
> latest version.
>
> I believe the actual file name was $name-latest.deb but we renamed 
> them and keep them in a folder
>
> -rw-r--r--. 1 ansible ansible 344840 Apr  6 09:59 ginger.2.4.0-0.deb
> -rw-r--r--. 1 ansible ansible 251116 Apr  6 09:59 ginger-base.2.3.0.deb
> -rw-rw-r--. 1 ansible ansible      0 Apr 15 15:18 INSTALL_NGINX_FIRST
> -rw-r--r--. 1 ansible ansible 570058 Apr  6 09:59 kimchi.2.4.0-0.deb
> -rw-r--r--. 1 ansible ansible 486574 Apr  6 09:59 wok.2.4.0-0.deb
>
>
> Obviously the touch file is a reminder to the admin involved to get 
> NGINX installed prior to starting.
>
> We generally install wok,ginger, ginger-base then kimchi. in that order.
>
> Since these files are out of band, we install them via
>
> dpkg -i  ./$file.deb  (have to be specific on the deb file otherwise 
> you get the old version out of the repo)
>
> then follow up with
>
> apt-get install -f install
>
> to get the deps.
>


> One thing we always notice is that apt doesn't seem to recognize that 
> ginger is already installed depending upon how you search
>
> Note: the 1.3 version listed (but not installed) yet 2.4 is installed, 
> recognized as 2.4 on the wok home page and works fine.
>
> # apt search ginger
> Sorting... Done
> Full Text Search... Done
> ginger/xenial 1.3.0.1-0ubuntu1 i386
>   Host management plugin to Kimchi
>
> ginger-base/now 2.3.0 all [installed,local]
>   Ginger Base is an open source base host management plugin for Wok 
> (Webserver Originated from Kimchi), that provides an intuitive web 
> panel with common tools for configuring and managing the Linux systems.
>
> but if you search for "wok" you do see the 2.4
>
> # apt search wok
> Sorting... Done
> Full Text Search... Done
>
> ginger/now 2.4.0 all [installed,local]
>   Ginger plug-in for Wok - Webserver Originated from Kimchi
>
> ginger-base/now 2.3.0 all [installed,local]
>   Ginger Base is an open source base host management plugin for Wok 
> (Webserver Originated from Kimchi), that provides an intuitive web 
> panel with common tools for configuring and managing the Linux systems.
>
> wok/now 2.4.0 all [installed,local]
>   Wok - Webserver Originated from Kimchi
>
> And if you search for kimchi, 2.4 isn't recognized at all and you lose 
> ginger 2.4 again.
>
> # apt search kimchi
> Sorting... Done
> Full Text Search... Done
> ginger/xenial 1.3.0.1-0ubuntu1 i386
>   Host management plugin to Kimchi
>
> ginger-base/now 2.3.0 all [installed,local]
>   Ginger Base is an open source base host management plugin for Wok 
> (Webserver Originated from Kimchi), that provides an intuitive web 
> panel with common tools for configuring and managing the Linux systems.
>
> kimchi/xenial 1.5.0-0ubuntu1 i386
>   HTML5 based management tool for KVM
>
> wok/now 2.4.0 all [installed,local]
>   Wok - Webserver Originated from Kimchi
>

About that version 'issue' you are seeing, it may be because kimchi and 
ginger packages are included in the Ubuntu official repositories but on 
older versions.
Not sure why apt is not showing the right installed version of them though.

> Again these are clean MINIMAL installs from ISO.
>
> We rely on the apt-get -f install to pick up all the dependancies, 
> which works fine (assuming you first install nginx).

About the nginx issue (need to install it first) I will take a look on 
it and turn back to you.

>
> -bill
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/24/17 9:00 AM, Aline Manera wrote:
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> nginx is a Wok dependency and it is proper set as it on debian 
>> control file.
>>
>> I am not sure why you are getting this problem.
>>
>> I will try some tests on a minimal Ubuntu installation and turn back 
>> to you.
>>
>> Just one doubt: from where have you gotten the packages? And what is 
>> the version of them?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Aline Manera
>>
>> On 04/23/2017 07:14 PM, W Kern wrote:
>>> When installing the latest Wok/Ginger/Kimchi to a fresh MINIMAL 
>>> install you can run into a dependency loop with nginx where apt 
>>> complains that nginx is not configured but if you go in and try an 
>>> nginx install then that complains that ginger is not properly 
>>> configured.
>>>
>>> such as:
>>>
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>  nginx-core
>>>  nginx
>>>  wok
>>>
>>>   Package nginx is not configured yet.
>>>   Package nginx-core which provides nginx is not configured yet.
>>>
>>> Seems to happen whether you start with Wok or start with Ginger.
>>>
>>> The trick is to make sure nginx is installed prior to starting on 
>>> the Wok/Ginger/Kimchi package set (and if you started already, you 
>>> have to remove everything THEN install nginx THEN start again with 
>>> Wok, Ginger etc)
>>>
>>> Obviously upgrades to an existing installation work fine as would a 
>>> more complete Ubuntu install that includes nginx.
>>>
>>> I'm not up on apt packaging but maybe check for nginx on each 
>>> package (assuming that is possible), even if that particular one 
>>> didn't necessarily need it.
>>>
>>>
>>> -bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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