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Python Package Dependency for Debian based tools
Problem Description
Aerospike Tools releases in between 3.27.1 and 3.31.0 support both python2 and python3.
However, the debian and ubuntu installers for those versions still include a dependency on the “python” package (python2). This should have been removed with the release of python3 support.
These aerospike-tools installers are bundled with server release versions 5.1.0.X and 5.2.0.X.
Solution
To fix a standalone tools install, upgrade to aerospike-tools-3.31.1 or later.
To workaround an aerospike server bundle install, use one of the following 2 options:
Option A
Install the “python” package (python2).
Example for ubuntu 20.04:
$ apt install python
Recommendation is for tools to use python2 at this point. If python3 usage is desired, the “python” bin path will need to resolve to python3 since it is checked first.
Option B
Instead of running the ./asinstall script, install aerospike-tools-3.31.1 and the server separately.
$ dpkg -i aerospike-tools-3.31.1*.deb
$ dpkg -i aerospike-server-*.deb
Keywords
DPKG DEB TOOLS PACKAGE PYTHON INSTALLATION DEBIAN UBUNTU
Timestamp
October 2020