'Failed to cache rpm database' during build

[kalewenn]

Hello, I'm on Ubuntu 23.04 & trying to build the repo using make build

but I have this error : KiwiInstallPhaseFailed: System package installation failed: Target initialization failed: Failed to cache rpm database (1).

Full logs :

[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | Installing system (chroot) for build type: docker
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> collection type: onlyRequired
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: gcc-c++
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: glibc-locale-base
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: libfreetype6
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: libgcc_s1-32bit
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: make
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: patterns-base-base
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: python3
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: ruby3.3
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: ruby3.3-devel
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: tar
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: timezone
[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | --> package: wget
[ DEBUG   ]: 15:36:17 | EXEC: [chroot /root/sources/ark-survival-ascended-linux-container-image/build-results/build/image-root zypper --non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys --pkg-cache-dir /var/cache/kiwi/packages --reposd-dir /var/cache/kiwi/zypper/repos --solv-cache-dir /var/cache/kiwi/zypper/solv --cache-dir /var/cache/kiwi/zypper --raw-cache-dir /var/cache/kiwi/zypper/raw --config /kiwi_7p00nzbh install --download in-advance --auto-agree-with-licenses --no-recommends -- gcc-c++ glibc-locale-base libfreetype6 libgcc_s1-32bit make patterns-base-base python3 ruby3.3 ruby3.3-devel tar timezone wget]
[ INFO    ]: Processing: [########################################] 100%
[ ERROR   ]: 15:36:17 | KiwiInstallPhaseFailed: System package installation failed: Target initialization failed:
Failed to cache rpm database (1).
History:
 - 'rpmdb2solv' '-r' '/' '-D' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-X' '-p' '/etc/products.d' '/var/cache/kiwi/zypper/solv/@System/solv' '-o' '/var/cache/kiwi/zypper/solv/@System/solvvyrUXl'
   rpmdb2solv: no error

[ INFO    ]: 15:36:17 | Cleaning up SystemPrepare instance

Can you tell me why please ? Thanks for help <3 Additional informations :

• KIWI (next generation) version 9.24.56
• zypper 1.14.42

[mschnitzer]

How did you install kiwi on Ubuntu? In any case, as it is documented here the host system requires rpm to be available, because you are trying to build a docker image based on openSUSE Leap 15.5.

I know that Ubuntu uses apt while openSUSE uses rpm as package manager. Is it possible to install rpm tools on Ubuntu as well? If yes, you can try to install these, maybe this helps you building an image.

I actually wasn't aware of this limitation of kiwi. I assumed you can just build docker images based on any distribution while being host OS agnostic.

If that doesn't help, I'd suggest creating an openSUSE Leap 15.5 VM and install kiwi-ng by running zypper in -y python3-kiwi make as root user. Then run make build load again and it should work.

[kalewenn]

How did you install kiwi on Ubuntu? In any case, as it is documented here the host system requires rpm to be available, because you are trying to build a docker image based on openSUSE Leap 15.5.

apt install kiwi

I know that Ubuntu uses apt while openSUSE uses rpm as package manager. Is it possible to install rpm tools on Ubuntu as well? If yes, you can try to install these, maybe this helps you building an image.

I actually wasn't aware of this limitation of kiwi. I assumed you can just build docker images based on any distribution while being host OS agnostic.

I used apt install rpm and apt install zypper

If that doesn't help, I'd suggest creating an openSUSE Leap 15.5 VM and install kiwi-ng by running zypper in -y python3-kiwi make as root user. Then run make build load again and it should work.

Ok thanks I will try !