[Nix-dev] nixops "No such file or directory" after creation

Richard Wallace rwallace at thewallacepack.net
Thu Aug 21 20:29:09 CEST 2014 

Grr. Seems I spoke too soon.  Looks like the problem is that the VirtualBox
installed via the Arch package manager is version 4.3.14 and the one in the
nix-shell is version 4.3.12.  At least I hope that is the problem because I
should be able to fix that, I hope.


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Richard Wallace <
rwallace at thewallacepack.net> wrote:

> Wout,
>
> That did the trick! Having some issues getting VBoxManage to work (either
> inside the nix-shell or outside of it), but once that's fixed I'll be good
> to go.
>
> Thanks for all the help!
>
> Rich
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Wout Mertens <wout.mertens at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rich,
>>
>> you have to specify the attribute for virtualbox, not the package name.
>> So linuxPackages.virtualbox in this case. You can find the attributes with
>> nix-env -qaP
>>
>> Wout.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Richard Wallace <
>> rwallace at thewallacepack.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, that will work if I can figure one last thing out.  My goal here is
>>> to use nixops to deploy an application into virtualbox for testing locally,
>>> and to EC2 for production.  I was hoping to use nixops without being in a
>>> nix-shell if I could so I could use my already installed virtualbox.
>>>
>>> I figured I could still do it, but I would just need to get virtualbox
>>> installed into the shell.  So I tried to start it with that package
>>>
>>> $ nix-shell --pure -p nix -p nixops -p virtualbox --show-trace
>>> error: while evaluating the attribute `nativeBuildInputs' of the
>>> derivation `shell' at
>>> /nix/store/pbndpjx0wddm96v9kpiv408ljywccnn8-nixpkgs-14.10pre47363.2e2d3f3/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix:10:14:
>>> while evaluating `optionals' at
>>> /nix/store/pbndpjx0wddm96v9kpiv408ljywccnn8-nixpkgs-14.10pre47363.2e2d3f3/nixpkgs/lib/lists.nix:117:21,
>>> called from
>>> /nix/store/pbndpjx0wddm96v9kpiv408ljywccnn8-nixpkgs-14.10pre47363.2e2d3f3/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:121:56:
>>> while evaluating the attribute `buildInputs' at (string):1:49:
>>> undefined variable `virtualbox' at (string):1:81
>>>
>>> I can install it to my environment just file, though.  So it seems
>>> something about the virtualbox config and nix-shell just aren't getting
>>> along.  If I could get that resolved, I think I'd be off to the races. :)
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Wout Mertens <wout.mertens at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just create a wrapper for nixops that calls "nix-shell --pure -p nix -p
>>>> nixos --command nixops"?
>>>>
>>>> Wout.
>>>> On Aug 20, 2014 6:56 PM, "Richard Wallace" <rwallace at thewallacepack.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Aha! Because I started with `nix-shell --pure -p nixops` none of the
>>>>> nix commands were in my $PATH and I didn't even realize it.  That fixed it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to avoid needing to use nix-shell to use nixops, but when I
>>>>> try to use nixops from my regular shell I get
>>>>>
>>>>> $ nixops list
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/nix/store/lx8n1wija7n0mijpq0p3g0sj0ymnvw2k-nixops-1.2/bin/..nixops-wrapped-wrapped",
>>>>> line 5, in <module>
>>>>>     from nixops import deployment
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/nix/store/lx8n1wija7n0mijpq0p3g0sj0ymnvw2k-nixops-1.2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nixops/deployment.py",
>>>>> line 5, in <module>
>>>>>     import subprocess
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
>>>>> line 430, in <module>
>>>>>     import pickle
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/pickle.py",
>>>>> line 34, in <module>
>>>>>     import struct
>>>>>   File
>>>>> "/nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/struct.py",
>>>>> line 1, in <module>
>>>>>     from _struct import *
>>>>> ImportError:
>>>>> /nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_struct.so:
>>>>> undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_AsEncodedString
>>>>>
>>>>> If someone could tell me how to fix that I would be extremely happy. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Rich
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Domen Kožar <domen at dev.si> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> nix-instantiate is missing in your $PATH.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Richard Wallace <
>>>>>> rwallace at thewallacepack.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, sorry, I meant to do that and then completely forgot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ nixops info --debug -d d397269c-27fb-11e4-96b7-d1c68637124d
>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/lx8n1wija7n0mijpq0p3g0sj0ymnvw2k-nixops-1.2/bin/..nixops-wrapped-wrapped",
>>>>>>> line 855, in <module>
>>>>>>>     args.op()
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/lx8n1wija7n0mijpq0p3g0sj0ymnvw2k-nixops-1.2/bin/..nixops-wrapped-wrapped",
>>>>>>> line 192, in op_info
>>>>>>>     do_eval(depl)
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/lx8n1wija7n0mijpq0p3g0sj0ymnvw2k-nixops-1.2/bin/..nixops-wrapped-wrapped",
>>>>>>> line 139, in do_eval
>>>>>>>     depl.evaluate()
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/lx8n1wija7n0mijpq0p3g0sj0ymnvw2k-nixops-1.2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nixops/deployment.py",
>>>>>>> line 291, in evaluate
>>>>>>>     "-A", "info"], stderr=self.logger.log_file)
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
>>>>>>> line 566, in check_output
>>>>>>>     process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
>>>>>>> line 710, in __init__
>>>>>>>     errread, errwrite)
>>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>> "/nix/store/rr4vmi7zzbximnrfj7czya1wy4k0ii9d-python-2.7.8/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
>>>>>>> line 1327, in _execute_child
>>>>>>>     raise child_exception
>>>>>>> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Eelco Dolstra <
>>>>>>> eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 20/08/14 18:21, Richard Wallace wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > It looks like there is a python library that isn't being found.
>>>>>>>> Not sure why
>>>>>>>> > that would be though. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you invoke nixops with --debug? That should print a stack trace
>>>>>>>> showing the
>>>>>>>> location of the exception.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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