oci-cli v3.50.2 Install fails for root on ubuntu 24.04.1 server

I'm trying to install oci-cli (v3.50.2) on an ubuntu 24.04.1 server, as the root user.

I'm using the OCI Compute image with ID ocid1.image.oc1.ap-sydney-1.aaaaaaaabren6pndzvk3zx6yvsrlvuytl252gfffngbmdnnqiju2ns3n53mq (the November 20, 2024 image found here ).

I'm installing the install as part of cloud-init, which runs as the root user. The goal is for it to download some scripts from an object-store bucket, to bootstrap the system.

Interestingly, it installs without issue when I installed it manually as a non-root user.

As root user, running bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/refs/tags/v3.50.2/scripts/install/install.sh)" -- --accept-all-defaults:

Initially I ran into issue #496 .

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basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
WARNING: Some interactive prompts may not function correctly if this script is piped into bash (e.g. 'curl "https://
raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/scripts/install/install.sh" | bash)'
WARNING: Script should either be downloaded and invoked directly, or be run with the following command: bash -c "$(c
url -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/scripts/install/install.sh)"
Running with --accept-all-defaults
Downloading Oracle Cloud Infrastructure CLI install script from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/v3.
2.1/scripts/install/install.py to /tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh.
#=#=#                                                                          
Running install script.
python3 /tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh  --accept-all-defaults
/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh:524: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\E'
  command = "powershell -Command \"[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(\\\"PATH\\\", \\\"{};\\\" + (Get-ItemProper
ty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment' -Name PATH).Path, \\\"User\\\")".format(exec_dir)  # noqa: W605
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/__main__.py", line 168, in <module>
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/__main__.py", line 164, in run
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 18, in run
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 32, in cli_run
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/run/session.py", line 46, in run
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/run/session.py", line 53, in _create
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/create/creator.py", line 171, in run
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/via_global_self_do.py", line
 79, in create
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/via_global_self_do.py", line
 104, in ensure_directories
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/create/describe.py", line 29, in bin_dir
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/create/describe.py", line 33, in script_dir
  File "/tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 125, in install_path
ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2)
-- Verifying Python version.
-- Python version 3.12.3 okay.
-- Creating directory '/root/lib/oracle-cli'.
-- We will install at '/root/lib/oracle-cli'.
-- Creating directory '/root/bin'.
-- The executable will be in '/root/bin'.
-- Creating directory '/root/bin/oci-cli-scripts'.
-- The scripts will be in '/root/bin/oci-cli-scripts'.
-- The optional packages installed will be ''.
-- Executing: ['', 'apt-get', 'update']
-- System was unable to use venv, is going to download and create virtualenv.
-- Downloading virtualenv package from https://github.com/pypa/get-virtualenv/blob/20.6.0/public/virtualenv.pyz?raw=
true.
-- Downloaded virtualenv package to /tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz.
-- Checksum of /tmp/tmpyzrzgdme/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz OK.
-- Executing: ['/usr/bin/python3', 'virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz', '/root/lib/oracle-cli']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 257, in create_virtualenv
    install_python3_venv()
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 204, in install_python3_venv
    exec_command(cmd)
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 141, in exec_command
    subprocess.check_call(command_list, cwd=cwd, env=env)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 408, in check_call
    retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 389, in call
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1955, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ''

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 722, in <module>
    main()
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 668, in main
    create_virtualenv(tmp_dir, install_dir)
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 271, in create_virtualenv
    download_and_create_virtualenv(tmp_dir, install_dir)
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 196, in download_and_create_virtualenv
    exec_command(cmd, cwd=working_dir)
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_PSjh", line 141, in exec_command
    subprocess.check_call(command_list, cwd=cwd, env=env)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/usr/bin/python3', 'virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz', '/root/lib/oracle-cli']' retur
ned non-zero exit status 1.

I progressed past this by installing python3-pip as described in that issue.

Then I ran into the issue below, whereby the script is looking in the wrong page for the pip executable:

root@app1:~# bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/refs/tags/v3.50.2/scripts/install/install.sh)" -- --accept-all-defaults
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basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Running with --accept-all-defaults
Downloading Oracle Cloud Infrastructure CLI install script from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/v3.2.1/scripts/install/install.py to /tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf.
############################################################################################################# 100.0%
Running install script.
python3 /tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf  --accept-all-defaults
/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf:524: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\E'
  command = "powershell -Command \"[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(\\\"PATH\\\", \\\"{};\\\" + (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment' -Name PATH).Path, \\\"User\\\")".format(exec_dir)  # noqa: W605
-- Verifying Python version.
-- Python version 3.12.3 okay.
-- Creating directory '/root/lib/oracle-cli'.
-- We will install at '/root/lib/oracle-cli'.
-- Creating directory '/root/bin'.
-- The executable will be in '/root/bin'.
-- Creating directory '/root/bin/oci-cli-scripts'.
-- The scripts will be in '/root/bin/oci-cli-scripts'.
-- The optional packages installed will be ''.
-- Executing: ['', 'apt-get', 'update']
-- System was unable to use venv, is going to download and create virtualenv.
-- Downloading virtualenv package from https://github.com/pypa/get-virtualenv/blob/20.6.0/public/virtualenv.pyz?raw=true.
-- Downloaded virtualenv package to /tmp/tmpulu8u8y_/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz.
-- Checksum of /tmp/tmpulu8u8y_/virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz OK.
-- Executing: ['/usr/bin/python3', 'virtualenv-20.6.0.pyz', '/root/lib/oracle-cli']
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
        Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other
        standards-based tools.

        See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self.initialize_options()
created virtual environment CPython3.12.3.final.0-64 in 143ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/root/lib/oracle-cli, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/root/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==21.1.3, setuptools==57.1.0, wheel==0.36.2
  activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator,XonshActivator
-- Executing: ['/root/lib/oracle-cli/bin/pip', 'install', '--cache-dir', '/tmp/tmpulu8u8y_', 'oci_cli', '--upgrade']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf", line 722, in <module>
    main()
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf", line 677, in main
    install_cli(install_dir, tmp_dir, cli_version, OPTIONAL_FEATURES)
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf", line 319, in install_cli
    exec_command(cmd, env=env)
  File "/tmp/oci_cli_install_tmp_ZcWf", line 141, in exec_command
    subprocess.check_call(command_list, cwd=cwd, env=env)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 408, in check_call
    retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 389, in call
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1955, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root/lib/oracle-cli/bin/pip'

local/ appears to be missing from the path:

root@app1:~# ls -l /root/lib/oracle-cli/bin/pip
ls: cannot access '/root/lib/oracle-cli/bin/pip': No such file or directory

root@app1:~# ls -l /root/lib/oracle-cli/local/bin/pip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 242 Nov 23 09:20 /root/lib/oracle-cli/local/bin/pip

root@app1:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Release:	24.04
Codename:	noble

Nov 23 '24 09:11 cunneen

Investigating the issue

Nov 25 '24 05:11 himanshudas75

Hello,

I hit the same issue using newest Ubuntu (with pip3 and python3 installed properly)

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root/lib/oracle-cli/bin/pip'

Now trying some quick and dirty tricks using venv pip or the global pip manually

pip install --cache-dir /tmp/tmp8x019e_7 oci_cli --upgrade pip3 install --cache-dir /tmp/tmp8x019e_7 oci_cli --upgrade

and or setup the missing directory '/lib/oracle-cli/bin' manually before(!) the installation with all needed symlinks.

root@sge:~/lib/oracle-cli/bin# ln -s /usr/bin/python3.12 python root@sge:~/lib/oracle-cli/bin# ln -s python python3 root@sge:~/lib/oracle-cli/bin# ln -s python python3.12

but the install routine is not accepting N !

===> Remove this directory? (y/N): N -- Deleted '/root/lib/oracle-cli'. -- Creating directory '/root/lib/oracle-cli'. -- We will install at '/root/lib/oracle-cli'.

Do you think it is fixble ?

Stefan

Jan 06 '25 11:01 skinkel

Same issue here.

Jan 17 '25 03:01 jleonardolemos

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/refs/tags/v3.50.2/scripts/install/install.sh

Does not reference the latest version of the software by default. That is true of master as well. That file references 3.20 as the installation version.

We have implemented the following as a workaround.

bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/scripts/install/install.sh)" -s --accept-all-defaults --oci-cli-version 3.51.7

The release steps for this tool should include adjusting install.sh to reference the latest version rather than a fixed one.

Feb 17 '25 04:02 mr-russ

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/refs/tags/v3.50.2/scripts/install/install.sh

Does not reference the latest version of the software by default. That is true of master as well. That file references 3.20 as the installation version.

We have implemented the following as a workaround.
bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/scripts/install/install.sh)" -s --accept-all-defaults --oci-cli-version 3.51.7
The release steps for this tool should include adjusting install.sh to reference the latest version rather than a fixed one.

It works. Thanks.

Feb 18 '25 08:02 crosspacific

Nice find @mr-russ .

We can find the latest release version number by querying GitHub's API. So the following script will always install the latest version:

LATEST_OCICLI=$(curl -s -L https://api.github.com/repos/oracle/oci-cli/releases/latest | \
        jq -r '.name') ;
echo "LATEST_OCICLI=${LATEST_OCICLI}" ;
bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/scripts/install/install.sh)" \
        -s \
        --accept-all-defaults \
        --oci-cli-version ${LATEST_OCICLI}

Feb 20 '25 02:02 cunneen