manual provider does not install dependencies on Ubuntu Minimal machine

[Jason Robinson]

Now for clarity, mentioning right ahead that the Ubuntu machine is an Ubuntu Minimal installation (14.04.1 64bit) - NOT one of the cloud images that Juju targets.

While it is not the fault of juju that 'nc' (netcat package) and 'python-yaml' library are missing, it is something that IMHO juju should install in a manual provisioning situation. The reasoning is that Ubuntu minimal is a very common installation out there in the hosting world, and juju needs these to run.

The missing 'python-yaml' comes up when deploying a service to a successfully bootstrapped instance (at least postgresql).
The missing 'nc' comes for example when doing 'juju ssh <machinenumber>'.

Can do a patch if it is accepted these should be installed on firing up tools in a new machine?

[Jason Robinson (jaywink)]

Forgot:

juju --version
1.21-beta5-utopic-amd64

agent-version: 1.21-beta5.1

[Aaron Bentley (abentley)]

ISTM that Juju should either work on a minimal machine or explicitly refuse to operate on a minimal machine. Anything else just causes confusion.