Unable to install anaconda python distribution

[spichardo]

I just tried with the latest install file from https://www.continuum.io/downloads#_unix
Some of the symlinks generated during installation fails , I can't get a more verbose printout of the exact error, but it seems related to links stored in a tar file, this is output at moment of crashing.

PREFIX=/root/anaconda2
installing: _cache-0.0-py27_x0 ...
installing: python-2.7.11-0 ...
tar: bin/python: Cannot create symlink to ‘python2.7’: Invalid argument
tar: bin/python2: Cannot create symlink to ‘python2.7’: Invalid argument
tar: lib/libpython2.7.so: Cannot create symlink to ‘libpython2.7.so.1.0’: Invalid argument
tar: lib/pkgconfig/python.pc: Cannot create symlink to ‘python-2.7.pc’: Invalid argument
tar: lib/pkgconfig/python2.pc: Cannot create symlink to ‘python-2.7.pc’: Invalid argument
tar: share/man/man1/python.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘python2.7.1’: Invalid argument
tar: share/man/man1/python2.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘python2.7.1’: Invalid argument
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
root@localhost:~#

[dreyks]

same with rvm
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash
tar: README.rdoc: Cannot create symlink to 'README': Invalid argument

[sunilmut]

Looks related to #9

[russalex]

Playing with these after the 14328 build.

Anaconda: Install goes much farther. There are some errors that print when creating the default environment that look like:

ERROR:main:failed to link (src='/home/russ/anaconda3/pkgs/python-3.5.1-0/bin/2to3-3.5', dst='/home/russ/anaconda3/bin/2to3-3.5', type=3, error=OSError(22, 'Invalid argument'))

That said, I was able to at least try conda. I did not go any farther than this:

uss@DESKTOP-RP5HK0H:~$ conda --version
conda 4.0.5
russ@DESKTOP-RP5HK0H:~$ conda update conda
Using Anaconda Cloud api site https://api.anaconda.org
Fetching package metadata: ....
# All requested packages already installed.
# packages in environment at /home/russ/anaconda3:
#
conda                     4.0.5                    py35_0
russ@DESKTOP-RP5HK0H:~$

RVM is a different story. Install failed for me on 14328. For fun, I tried it on an internal build and seeing:

• Install worked but with a non-critical error
• rvm install 1.9.2 displayed more non-critical errors
• rvm use 1.9.2 required me to launch bash with "bash -c "/bin/bash --login"

Punchline is: this build is much better than the last, but good things are still on the way.

[spichardo]

Agree this is advancing very nicely, I managed to install Anaconda Python in 14328 without any issue!

But then, when compiling boost_1.59, all the symbolic linking of .so files fails, such as:

ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘stage/lib/libboost_graph.so’: Operation not permitted

ln -f -s 'libboost_graph.so.1.59.0' 'stage/lib/libboost_graph.so'

Thanks for making this happening, I can't truly wait for a complete CLI environment , for my own needs it is almost there

[russalex]

Not certain what boost_1.59 is. That said, we have some symlink fixes heading down the pipe.

I am going to mark this one as fix inbound and put in the release notes when the symlink improvements hit. I'll also look to re-ping this thread (but could miss it for a few days).

[MadcowD]

@russalex New error coming your way as of 14332. This happens while installing Anaconda (although we've gotten past the first error!)

ERROR:main:failed to link (src='/home/william/anaconda3/pkgs/python-3.5.1-0/bin/2to3-3.5', dst='/home/william/anaconda3/bin/2to3-3.5', type=3, error=OSError(38, 'Function not implemented'))

[russalex]

Confirmed on build 14352 that Anaconda 4.0.5 just installed over Python 2.7.11 with no errors.

Looks like this one can be closed out.