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gr0x0rd
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 Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:53 am Post subject: [SOLVED] portage/python totally broken?... |
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Hi all,
I will admit, I have not used or sync'd portage in many moons. Firefox seemed a bit slow loading certain pages, so I thought it might be a good time for an update. So I tried syncing portage...
| Code: | gr0x0rd@teletran4 ~ $ sudo emerge --sync
usage: emerge [options] requirement_or_url ...
or: emerge --help
error: option --sync not recognized |
Well that's different... my system had been up for 182 days. Using many Microsoft products at work, I decided a reboot might be good for the system. After logging back in, I noticed compiz wouldn't run due to some python error: | Code: | gr0x0rd@teletran4 ~ $ error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib64/python3.3/site-packages/test-easy-install-12754.write-test'
The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
/usr/lib64/python3.3/site-packages/
Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory? If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account. If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.
For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:
https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again. |
I then tried running portage again, but got the same error. It seems to get worse: | Code: | gr0x0rd@teletran4 ~ $ sudo emerge --info
usage: emerge [options] requirement_or_url ...
or: emerge --help
error: option --info not recognized
gr0x0rd@teletran4 ~ $ sudo emerge -av portage
Searching for portage
Skipping development or system egg: portage 2.2.14
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/portage/
Couldn't retrieve index page for 'portage'
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/
No local packages or download links found for portage
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('portage') (--always-copy skips system and development eggs) |
I thought maybe the version of python I was running had gotten corrupted, so I switched. That didn't make any difference. I switched back to its previous setting: | Code: | gr0x0rd@teletran4 ~ $ sudo eselect python list
Available Python interpreters:
[1] python2.7
[2] python3.3 *
[3] python3.4 |
Not gonna lie. In the last 2 years I have built a house and had a child. My gentoo game is not as strong as it once was. Trying to think of a way to salvage my system, but it's not looking good. Any help or suggestions are welcome!
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ct85711
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:28 am Post subject: |
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ok, the first part is sounding like python-exec got broken (if you used pip, that is the most common way to break python-exec and portage).
Try running this:
| Code: | | # /usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/emerge --oneshot python-exec |
Note: You can modify the 2.7 for which ever version of python portage was compiled for.
Assuming you still have the source file for the installed version of python-exec, this should reinstall python-exec and hopefully fix that issue.
Now the part of not updating your system, is going to give you significant issues. Quite frankly, trying to update a old system is a difficult process and time consuming. Depending on exactly how long it's been since you last updated; you are better off reinstalling (a couple months is manageable, but 4+ months, it gets progressively more difficult the older it gets). |
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dol-sen
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:03 am Post subject: |
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If you are going to install something using pip, then do it as a user only!!!! NEVER as the root user!!!
Or you get the breakage you experienced.
If you want packages from pypi installed, then use app-portage/g-sorcery with the pypi backend package app-portage/gs-pypi.
It can generate partial or complete pypi package overlays that can be installed via emerge. You can even use g-sourcery from layman to generate a pypi overlay and sync it via layman commands.
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Whatever that "emerge" command you're running is, it's definitely not the one from portage. emerge --version would say for certain. |
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gr0x0rd
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:02 am Post subject: |
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Brilliant! I thank you sir, it looks like I am able to emerge --sync.
I couldn't agree more about updating a old system. I emerged firefox-bin long ago so I could limit the dependencies. It's been amazing how wondefully stable this incarnation of my system has been, primarily because I haven't been updating any packages 
Cheers,
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