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
    

Start with scripts/install/install.sh and scripts/install/install.py, then compare the virtualenv layout shown in the Ubuntu 24.04 output with the installer’s expected /root/lib/oracle-cli/bin/pip path. Reproduce the root installation using the command in the issue and confirm that installation completes and the OCI CLI executable is usable.