[ome-devel] OME installation difficulties

[Arpun Nagaraja]

I'm not sure about the errors that you're getting about postgres.   
However, the errors concerning OLE::Storage_Lite and  
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel are my fault.  Last night, we uploaded  
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel to the repository, but I didn't realized  
until this morning that it needed a prerequisite: OLE::Storage_Lite.   
So, I uploaded THAT to the repository and will be available whenever  
the website gets updated.  However, if you require a more immediate  
fix, the files are hosted here: http://users.openmicroscopy.org.uk/ 
~anagaraja/OME-WEBSITE/packages/perl -- change the $REPOSITORY  
variable in OME/src/perl2/OME/Install/PerlModuleTask.pm to that url  
and the download should succeed.

Sorry about that!  I hope this helps.

-Arpun

On Aug 12, 2005, at 5:32 PM, Curtis Rueden wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As of late, we have been having trouble getting OME up and running  
> on our machines.
>
> We had two fresh Debian testing i386 machines, and tried to install  
> both the stable and CVS versions of OME, and ran into a variety of  
> difficulties.
>
> First of all, some notes on the Debian prerequisites page:
> - libtiff3g is no longer available (using libtiff4 instead).
> - libgd2-dev requires libpng12-dev, but that conflicts with the  
> libpng2 prerequisite.
> - The libdb_B-Tree prerequisite (libdb4.3-dev) is not mentioned.
> - The libcurl prerequisite for CVS also isn't covered on the page,  
> but I assume that's because it's a new addition since the stable  
> release.
>
> Here are some errors we received trying to install the 2.4 stable  
> release:
>
> -----
> Creating OME PostgreSQL SUPERUSER (ome)[SUCCESS].
> Creating Apache PostgreSQL SUPERUSER (www-data)[FAILURE].
>
>
> Errors executing task: Unable to create PostgreSQL superuser 'www- 
> data', see CoreDatabaseTablesTask.log for details. at (eval 99) line 1
>
> at ./install.pl line 80
>        main::run_tasks() called at ./install.pl line 249
> # Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
> -----
>
> From CoreDatabaseTablesTask.log:
>
> -----
> Creating OME PostgreSQL SUPERUSER (ome)
> Result for creating OME_USER ome:
> FATAL:  user "ome" does not exist
>
> Result for creating OME_USER ome as postgres:
> FATAL:  IDENT authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> Unable to create PostgreSQL superuser 'www-data'
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "-" at character 16
> -----
>
> It looks like the first problem is that the command:
>   template1=# CREATE USER www-data CREATEUSER;
> does not like the dash in www-data. So instead you have to do:
>   template1=# CREATE USER "www-data" CREATEUSER;
>
> After doing that manually, I received this error:
>
> -----
> Creating OME PostgreSQL SUPERUSER (ome)[SUCCESS].
> Creating Apache PostgreSQL SUPERUSER (www-data)
>
> Errors executing task: Modifying user priviledges is not supported  
> - sorry. at /home/curtis/OME/src/perl2/OME/Database/ 
> PostgresDelegate.pm line 198, <STDIN> line 21.
>
> at ./install.pl line 80
>        main::run_tasks() called at ./install.pl line 249
> # Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
> -----
>
> That's currently where I'm stuck. I could probably figure it out if  
> I knew more about Postgres. Is there something you guys do to  
> configure the postgres installations on your machines that I'm not  
> doing?
>
> Trying the latest version from CVS, I first receive this error:
>
> -----
> Would you like to install OLE::Storage_Lite from the repository ?  
> [y/n]: y
>    \_ Downloading http://openmicroscopy.org/packages/perl/OLE- 
> Storage_Lite-0.14.tar.gz [FAILURE].
>
>
> Errors executing task: Unable to download package, see  
> PerlModuleTask.log for details. at (eval 35) line 1
>
> at ./install.pl line 80
>        main::run_tasks() called at ./install.pl line 249
> # Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
> -----
>
> From PerlModuleTask.log:
>
> -----
> ERRORS DOWNLOADING MODULE -- OUTPUT FROM DOWNLOADER "wget -nv -N":  
> "http://openmicroscopy.org/packages/perl/OLE-Storage_Lite-0.14.tar.gz:
> 15:00:46 ERROR 404: Not Found.
> -----
>
> Declining to install that module, the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel test  
> then failed after downloading and installing it:
>
> -----
> Would you like to install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel from the  
> repository ? [y/n]: y
>    \_ Downloading http://openmicroscopy.org/packages/perl/ 
> Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2603.tar.gz [SUCCESS].
>    \_ Unpacking [SUCCESS].
>    \_ Configuring [SUCCESS].
>    \_ Compiling [SUCCESS].
>    \_ Testing [FAILURE].
> Unable to test module, see PerlModuleTask.log for details. at (eval  
> 35) line 1
> Some tests failed, would you like to continue anyway ? [y/n]: y
>    \_ Installing [SUCCESS].
> -----
>
> After a few more steps, the installer finally dies at the same  
> place as the 2.4 installer. So it looks like I'm stuck for now.
>
> Mike, a student we have working on some sysadmin tasks, was able to  
> get further into the install on another fresh Debian testing i386  
> machine, but eventually started running into errors with DBD::Pg. I  
> recently noticed the note on the prerequisites page about some  
> versions of DBD::Pg being unreliable, so I've asked him to verify  
> which version we are using (what's the easiest way to do that?).
>
> I will be on vacation for the next couple of weeks, but I have  
> CC'ed Mike on this email. He will continue investigating these  
> installation issues, and hopefully get them resolved, so that I can  
> announce our OME-TIFF work when I return. (I accidently hosed  
> skyking, the box containing our only working installation of OME  
> from CVS. I reinstalled Debian, but as described above I haven't  
> been able to get OME working on it again. I can't test our OME-TIFF  
> sample data with the OME-TIFF importer until we get OME working  
> first.)
>
> Thanks a lot for any assistance!
>
> -Curtis
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