module missing when building client

[rasos]

I need to sync folders on a headless groupware server.
Luckily I found some instructions here, how to install u1sync and how to generate the oauth token:
http://per.liedman.net/2011/12/28/using-ubuntu-one-from-a-headless-oneiric-ocelot

So I run
u1sync --oauth=xxxx:yyyyy /home/groupoffice/users/ras/testordner

Unfortunately, I get the following error message.

File “/usr/local/bin/u1sync”, line 28, in
from u1sync.main import main
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/u1sync/main.py”, line 39, in
import ubuntuone.storageprotocol.dircontent_pb2 as dircontent_pb2
ImportError: No module named ubuntuone.storageprotocol.dircontent_pb2

Any idea where to obtain ubuntuone.storageprotocol.dircontent_pb from?

-rasos

[SB (stefan-bommer)]

same here with python2.7 on an oneiric headless server...

[Rick McBride (rmcbride)]

python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol is the package you'll need to satisfy that import.

[SB (stefan-bommer)]

thanks a bunch for the tip. now i get this new error :)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/u1sync", line 28, in <module>
    from u1sync.main import main
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/u1sync/main.py", line 43, in <module>
    from u1sync.client import (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/u1sync/client.py", line 35, in <module>
    from ubuntuone.platform.xdg_base_directory import ubuntuone_log_dir
ImportError: No module named platform.xdg_base_directory

can you just make a list of all necessary dependencies so i can install them in one go?

[Rick McBride (rmcbride)]

apt-get build-dep ubuntuone-client

should get you a list. Obviously that's the full client, but the build dependencies should be pretty close. Since I didn't specify the gnome client on that line, it shouldn't pull in anything that would cause issue on a headless system.

Rodney, can you confirm? I don't want to recommend he install MORE than he needs.

[dobey (dobey)]

I would generally recommend against using u1sync as it isn't well maintained, and it's very easy to screw things up with it.

As far as the ubuntuone.platform.xdg_base_directory requirement, that should be provided by ubuntuone-client itself.

[CF (jnm)]

Have installed all 90Mb of dependencies from ubuntuone-client. Including all sorts of GTK stuff, audio files, dbus nonsense.

Am still getting the ImportError: No module named platform.xdg_base_directory.

Have checked, and the package python-xdg is installed and up to date.

The u1sdtool doesn't seem to be much help either. I just get a bunch of GTK errors, obviously, because I'm not running an X server.

Is there actually any way to get a headless server to use UbuntuOne? As in an Ubuntu Sanctioned way?

Is there a way to mount Ubuntu One as a drive perhaps, using WebDAV, or fuse or something like that?

[ScaryTom (t-denley)]

Rodney, you say:
> I would generally recommend against using u1sync as it isn't well maintained

So, what would you recommend for a headless CLI for ubuntu one? Like CF, I'm using ubuntu server (precise) and I want to cron an ubuntu one batch job to sync overnight when bandwidth is cheap.

[ScaryTom (t-denley)]

@CF: I've managed to get past the platform.xdg_base_directory ImportError by installing the python-ubuntuone-client package.

Unfortunately I'm now getting ImportError: No module named ubuntu_sso.xdg_base_directory.

[ScaryTom (t-denley)]

Really hope I don't have to install the python-ubuntu-sso-client package, as it has a gazillion deps, including GTK stuff... madness.

[ScaryTom (t-denley)]

well, I bit the bullet and installed python-ubuntu-sso-client package, and now I have a working u1sync -- hooray!

To summarise, from a clean install of precise, these are the packages you need:
    python-gobject
    python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol
    python-ubuntuone-client
    python-ubuntu-sso-client

To obtain and setup u1sync, you'll also need bzr:
    sudo apt-get install bzr
    bzr branch lp:u1sync
    sudo python u1sync/setup.py install

I'm still very interested in hearing Rodney's recommended alternative to u1sync (which he recommends against). We are crying out for a decent, supported, completely headless CLI for ubuntu one.

[rasos (rasos)]

Ubuntu WIKI is now having a tutoria for headless syncl: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Headless
Still, you need to install full client with all GDK depencies. This is not an option for a virtualized hosting server running a groupware.

[dobey (dobey)]

On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 18:39 +0000, rasos wrote:
> Still, you need to install full client with all GDK depencies. This is
> not an option for a virtualized hosting server running a groupware.
>
You say *install* of these packages is not an option. Can you explain
why? Just because they are installed, does not mean you are running a
full GNOME environment on the server.