IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/share/nova-agent/0.0.1.36/lib/python2.7/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

[Jose Contreras]

Version 0.0.1.36 compiled on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit server. make and make check gave no errors. After installation, I get this error when starting services.

root@vmcompute:/usr/share/nova-agent/0.0.1.36/lib/python2.7# service nova-agent start
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 562, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 544, in main
    known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 271, in addusersitepackages
    user_site = getusersitepackages()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 246, in getusersitepackages
    user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 236, in getuserbase
    USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 577, in get_config_var
    return get_config_vars().get(name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 476, in get_config_vars
    _init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 344, in _init_posix
    raise IOError(msg)
IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/share/nova-agent/0.0.1.36/lib/python2.7/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

[Abhishek Kumar (abionic)]

Update to newer version 0.0.1.38, for fixed build.

[Abhishek Kumar (abionic)]

v0.0.1.38 releases are available at : https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-unix/releases/tag/v0.0.1.38

wiki has details : https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-unix/wiki