Install on Debian/Ubuntu

cfenell commented 2 years ago

Dear all, For your information, I have also encountered a few issues when installing on Debian/Ubuntu and here are my results so far. I have written down some notes here: https://github.com/cfenell/rucio-1/blob/install-doc/doc/gfal2.md My notes on installing Rucio on Ubuntu are also here: https://github.com/cfenell/rucio-1/blob/install-doc/doc/rucio-server.md

Debian stable with gfal2 library and plugins from Debian unstable packages (version 2.20.5-1): gfal2-python and gfal2-util from develop branch compile without problems and the gfal CLI utils seem to work flawlessly.
Ubuntu 20.04 with gfal2 version 2.20.3: gfal2-python and gfal2-util from develop branch fail to compile. Master branch compiles but I get gfal-ls gsiftp://..../ gfal-ls error: 70 (Communication error on send) - globus_l_ftp_control_send_cmd_cb: gss_init_sec_context failed to generate output token
Is this expected or have I missed something else?

Best regards Carl-Fredrik Enell, EISCAT

mpatrascoiu commented 2 years ago

Hello,

Thanks for reporting this!

It's definitely not expected, but at the same time, Debian and/or Ubuntu are not our main platforms so the result is not entirely surprising.

I went through the installation guide [1]. If I understand correctly, you've installed a tagged release of the gfal2 library and later tried to compile gfal2-python from the develop branch. This wouldn't work as we're transitioning Gfal2 projects to the next major release series. This means the develop branches are on gfal2-util-1.8.0 / gfal2-python-1.12.0 / gfal2-2.21.0. Having gfal2-python from develop branch (1.12.x series) won't compile without gfal2 2.21.x series.

I would recommend to always build either the develop branch on all projects or the tagged release (master branch) on all projects. Mixing a develop branch with a tagged dependency won't work between major releases.

Can you try again having all of them compiled from develop branch or the latest tag? (gfal2-util-1.7.1 / gfal2-python-1.11.1 / gfal2-2.20.5)

Cheers, Mihai

[1] https://github.com/cfenell/rucio-1/blob/install-doc/doc/gfal2.md

cfenell commented 2 years ago

Hi, sorry for late reply! I have been trying to build gfal2 from source, but it fails due to missing dependencies, in spite of doing an apt-get build-dep gfal2 (it finds no missing libraries). Instead I use the gfal2 libraries and plugins from the Debian repositories. Debian unstable is at gfal2 version 2.20.5 and with this I could install gfal2-python and gfal2-utils successfully using the versions mentioned above. Master branch and tagged versions both worked.

So the problem is solved, I will update my installation guide!

mpatrascoiu commented 2 years ago

Hello,

Glad to hear it worked in the end. I will close the ticket then.

Cheers, Mihai

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