I tried installing subscription-manager on Debian 11 (bullseye), but it fails due to several missing and not installable dependencies. They are only available in their python3 versions.
# dpkg -i python-subscription-manager_1.25.1-4_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 42624 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack python-subscription-manager_1.25.1-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking python-subscription-manager (1.25.1-4) over (1.25.1-4) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-subscription-manager:
python-subscription-manager depends on python-dateutil; however:
Package python-dateutil is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-ethtool; however:
Package python-ethtool is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-iniparse; however:
Package python-iniparse is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-six; however:
Package python-six is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-dbus; however:
Package python-dbus is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-rpm; however:
Package python-rpm is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on virt-what; however:
Package virt-what is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-debian; however:
Package python-debian is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-apt; however:
Package python-apt is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-gobject; however:
Package python-gobject is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on python-decorator; however:
Package python-decorator is not installed.
python-subscription-manager depends on apt-transport-katello; however:
Package apt-transport-katello is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package python-subscription-manager (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.69) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
python-subscription-manager
root@ethel-alcosiba:~# cat /etc/debian_version
11.0
The Ubuntu 20.04 version does not work, either, due to higher Python 3 version on bullsyeye.
# apt-get install -y python3-subscription-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
python3-subscription-manager is already the newest version (1.25.1-4).
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python3-subscription-manager : Depends: python3 (< 3.9) but 3.9.2-3 is to be installed
Depends: python3-dateutil but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-ethtool but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-iniparse but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-six but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-rpm but it is not going to be installed
Depends: virt-what but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-debian but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python3-decorator but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Hi I am enjoying this discussion as I want to enroll Ubuntu clients with forman-katello.
I have used a minimal ubuntu vagrant image.
Everything is setup like Maximilian explained for ubuntu clients.
Client is correct registered and can download available packages. Only thing that I am missing (right now) is to see what packages are installed on the client (from foreman).
I know /usr/bin/package-profile-upload should do the job and when running it says only āNo updates performed. See /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log for more informationā and with logging level on debug /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log shows:
Connection built: host=xxxxx.lan port=443 handler=/rhsm auth=identity_cert ca_dir=/etc/rhsm/ca/ insecure=False.
Also tried frace to see if there is something that is blocking but no luck.
I have seen screenshots where a content host is displaying the packages that are available to that host.
Am I missing something?
apt-get install -y python3-subscription-manager failing with error
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python3-subscription-manager : Depends: python3-ethtool but it is not installable
Depends: python3-iniparse but it is not installable
Depends: python3-rpm but it is not installable
Depends: virt-what but it is not installable
Well, seems to be working fine, however Iām a bit surprised nobody mentioned these messages in /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log:
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2022-02-16 22:06:48,143 [WARNING] subscription-manager:180075:MainThread @repolib.py:124 - Configuration file of dnf plugin: ā/etc/dnf/plugins/product-id.confā cannot be read
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I checked the code and that repolib.py is trying to read yum or dnf plugin configuration which doesnāt exist of course. Did I miss something?
Hi Melanie and Maximilian,
what happened to the source release plans? I really appreciate the work invested here and would be interested in trying it out, but trusting a binary-only repository is not feasible for our use case.
I didnāt check all the software packages included, but at least subscription-manager is GPLv2-licensed, so binary-only distribution isnāt really a legally viable option if you modified anythingā¦
