Please forgive me if this is a FAQ, but I searched for my answer in the docs, on github, and in this list's archive without finding any solution.
I'm trying to install easybuild Ubuntu 22.04. I've tried it on both a fully configured workstation as well as a minimal OS on a VM with the same results. I'm following the instructions found at < https://docs.easybuild.io/installation/> to install EB as a module. I have installed lmod 8.6.19 via apt. The step #2 ('eb --install-latest-eb-release --prefix /tmp/easybuild') fails. Debian/Ubuntu's python appears to differ from the norm by the use of both "dist-packages" and "site-packages". I've tried to take this into consideration and slightly modified Step1 thusly, but am still getting a failure. export EB_TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER/eb_tmp python3 -m pip install --ignore-installed --prefix $EB_TMPDIR easybuild export PATH=$EB_TMPDIR/local/bin:$PATH export PYTHONPATH=$(/bin/ls -rtd -1 $EB_TMPDIR/local/lib*/python*/dist-packages | tail -1):$PYTHONPATH export EB_PYTHON=python3 When I run eb --install-latest-eb-release --prefix /tmp/easybuild I see this error == FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully (build directory: /tmp/easybuild/build/EasyBuild/4.8.0/system-system): build failed (first 300 chars): Failed to isolate installed egg dir for easybuild-framework (took 20 secs) == Results of the build can be found in the log file(s) /tmp/eb-2ofwbvaq/easybuild-EasyBuild-4.8.0-20230823.110407.MJwGL.log ERROR: Build of /tmp/eb-2ofwbvaq/tmpme67cc1g/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs-develop/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EasyBuild/EasyBuild-4.8.0.eb failed (err: 'build failed (first 300 chars): Failed to isolate installed egg dir for easybuild-framework') The first ERROR line in the referenced log is here. == 2023-08-23 11:04:27,558 build_log.py:171 ERROR EasyBuild crashed with an error (at easybuild/base/exceptions.py:126 in __init__): Failed to isolate installed egg dir for easybuild-framework (at easybuild/easyblocks/e/easybuildmeta.py:237 in sanity_check_step) Thanks in advance for any help or pointers. I can provide more detailed info if needed. PS. On Ubuntu 22.04: $ python3 -m site sys.path = [ '/tmp', '/tmp/randomtasks/eb_tmp/lib/python3.10/site-packages', '/usr/lib/python310.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.10', '/usr/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages', ] USER_BASE: '/home/randomtasks/.local' (exists) USER_SITE: '/home/randomtasks/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages' (doesn't exist) ENABLE_USER_SITE: True
