presto-admin server install ignores python

[NickMcNutt]

I am trying to install Presto using presto-admin on Ubuntu 16.04. I have installed packages rpm and python-dev; however, when I run ./presto-admin server install latest I get the following error:

~/prestoadmin# ./presto-admin server install latest
Using rpm_specifier as "latest"
Fetching the latest presto rpm
Found existing rpm at: /tmp/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm
Found and using local presto rpm at path: /tmp/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm
Delete the existing rpm to force a new download
Deploying rpm on localhost...
Package deployed successfully on: localhost
[localhost] out: rpm: RPM should not be used directly install RPM packages, use Alien instead!
[localhost] out: rpm: However assuming you know what you are doing...
[localhost] out: error: Failed dependencies:
[localhost] out: 	python >= 2.4 is needed by presto-server-rpm-0:0.185-1.x86_64
[localhost] out: 	/usr/sbin/useradd is needed by presto-server-rpm-0:0.185-1.x86_64
[localhost] out: 	/usr/sbin/groupadd is needed by presto-server-rpm-0:0.185-1.x86_64
[localhost] out:

Fatal error: [localhost] sudo() received nonzero return code 1 while executing!

Requested: rpm -i /opt/prestoadmin/packages/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm
Executed: sudo -S -p 'sudo password:'  /bin/bash -l -c "rpm -i /opt/prestoadmin/packages/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm"

But Python 2.7 is installed:

~/prestoadmin# python --version
Python 2.7.12

So when I try ./presto-admin server install latest --nodeps I get another error:

./presto-admin server install latest --nodeps
Using rpm_specifier as "latest"
Fetching the latest presto rpm
Found existing rpm at: /tmp/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm
Found and using local presto rpm at path: /tmp/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm
Delete the existing rpm to force a new download
Deploying rpm on localhost...
Package deployed successfully on: localhost
[localhost] out: rpm: RPM should not be used directly install RPM packages, use Alien instead!
[localhost] out: rpm: However assuming you know what you are doing...
[localhost] out: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.OddUis: 34: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.OddUis: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
[localhost] out: error: %prein(presto-server-rpm-0:0.185-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2
[localhost] out: error: presto-server-rpm-0:0.185-1.x86_64: install failed
[localhost] out:

Fatal error: [localhost] sudo() received nonzero return code 1 while executing!

Requested: rpm -i --nodeps /opt/prestoadmin/packages/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm
Executed: sudo -S -p 'sudo password:'  /bin/bash -l -c "rpm -i --nodeps /opt/prestoadmin/packages/presto-server-rpm-0.185.rpm"

Any idea on what's going on?

[yuokada]

Hi, you can't install rpm package in Ubuntu.
presto-admin is designed for RPM-based Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora).

[petroav]

@NickMcNutt thank you for using presto-admin :)

Unfortunately, since you're on Ubuntu you won't be able to use presto-admin since presto-admin can only install Presto using the RPM utility which is a package manager that only works on RHEL/Centos Linux flavors. See the operating systems requirement in the docs https://prestodb.io/presto-admin/docs/current/software-requirements.html.

We currently have no plans to add support in presto-admin for installing Presto using tar.gz but hopefully if the presto-manager project moves along then you'll be able to use it on Ubuntu.

[NickMcNutt]

Thanks for the help. I was looking at a different prerequisites page then. Does this page need updating to remove the Ubuntu reference?

https://prestodb.io/presto-admin/docs/current/installation/presto-admin-installation.html

[petroav]

That page is for installing presto-admin itself. The utility can run on Ubuntu, it is Presto that cannot be installed on Ubuntu. So for example, your client machine can run Ubuntu and you can have presto-admin installed on it but your cluster where you install Presto would have to be RHEL/Centos.

[NickMcNutt]

Ah, alright. That clarifies things. Thank you for the help.