Hi Loris, When I looked at this a long time ago for the some NVIDIA RPMs (see this old issue<https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/issues/1264>), the restrictions on being relocatable come typically from the package itself. Usually only a subset of things are not relocatable (like soft links) but you would need to look inside to know what's holding you back...and things can get very messy trying to pick things apart.
Alan On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 10:29, Loris Bennett <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Loris Bennett <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> writes: > Hi, > > I am trying to install an RPM with EB and am getting the following > error: > > path / in package openbugs-3.2.3-1.x86_64 is not relocatable > > What am I missing? I have had another look at this. The full error is == 2020-12-01 16:22:41,217 build_log.py:169 ERROR EasyBuild crashed with an error (at easybuild/software/EasyBuild/4.3.1/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easybuild/base/exceptions.py:124 in __init__): cmd "rpm -i --dbpath /trinity/shared/easybuild/software/OpenBUGS/3.2.3/rpm --relocate /=/trinity/shared/easybuild/software/OpenBUGS/3.2.3 --nopre --nopost --nodeps --ignorearch /trinity/shared/easybuild/build/OpenBUGS/3.2.3/system-system/x86_64/openbugs-3.2.3-1.x86_64.rpm" exited with exit code 1 and output: path / in package openbugs-3.2.3-1.x86_64 is not relocatable The rebuilding of the RPM was successful, but the package is not relocatable: [build@admin easyconfigs]$ rpm -qpi /trinity/shared/easybuild/build/OpenBUGS/3.2.3/system-system/x86_64/openbugs-3.2.3-1.x86_64.rpm | grep -i relocations Relocations : (not relocatable) In easybuild/easyblocks/generic/rpm.py there is the following comment: # replace whathever prefix is set with '/' but it seems that my version of 'rpm', which is 4.11.3 on CentOS 7.9.2009, doesn't accept '/' as being a valid path which can be replaced via relocation. Can anyone comment on my analysis? Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Hr./Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- Dr. Alan O'Cais E-CAM Software Manager Juelich Supercomputing Centre Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich, Germany Phone: +49 2461 61 5213 Fax: +49 2461 61 6656 E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> WWW: http://www.fz-juelich.de/ias/jsc/EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
