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No link/reference in /var/service was created while installation from repo with xbps #101

Closed lovermann closed 4 years ago

lovermann commented 4 years ago

Problem

I think, it's not a bug, but a incorrect installation of program from package. I'm installing privoxy proxy server using xbps: sudo xbps-install privoxy

Installation went without problems, but then, when trying to start privoxy as a service: sudo sv up privoxy

error unable to change to service directory: file does not exist is evoked.

Solution

As I understood, runit is looking for a service in /var/service, but xbps didn't make link in this service directory while installation, so user has to make symlink manually: ln -s /etc/sv/privoxy /var/service

solution was found here: How to install Privoxy in Trident Linux

My Trident:

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    1.0
Distributor ID: VoidLinux
Description:    Void Linux
Release:        rolling
Codename:       void
$ uname -a
Linux Trident 5.4.33_2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 18 14:32:17 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.4.33_2 (void-buildslave@a-hel-fi) (gcc version 9.3.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 18 1
beanpole135 commented 4 years ago

This process you listed is standard for runit services.

  1. The package always installs the service file(s) into /etc/sv/
  2. You need to enable the service in runit by running: sudo ln -s /etc/sv/[service] /var/service

That will both register it for starting at bootup, but also turn it on right then.