Resolving installation error for Sisense - sisense-installer/bin/activate: no such file or directory

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Resolving installation error for Sisense - sisense-installer/bin/activate: no such file or directory

Summary

This article provides a basic understanding of a common error encountered during the installation of Sisense on Linux systems.

Verifying Python packages exist ...

./sisense.sh: line 240: sisense-installer/bin/activate: No such file or directory

Error occurred during generic_pre_install section

Exiting Installation ...

The error message typically indicates an issue with missing/incorrect Python-related resources that might prevent the installation from proceeding. This guide provides step-by-step instructions to validate and install the necessary packages for different Linux distributions, ensuring a successful installation of Sisense.

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Step-by-Step Instructions to Resolve the Issue

1. Identify Your Operating System:

Determine whether your system is running Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS, or Amazon Linux:

sudo cat /etc/os-release

2. Validate and Install Required Packages:

For Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update

sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=falseninteractive apt-get install -y gawk python3 netcat-openbsd python3-apt python3-pip dbus pssh sshpass

sudo rm -f /usr/lib/python$(python3 --version | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1"."$2}')/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED

sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3

sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip

sudo apt-get install -y jq

sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp

sudo python3 -m pip install -r installer/requirements.txt --ignore-installed

^ The last command should be executed from the installation directory

For RHEL/CentOS/Rocky:

# If Running on CentOS/Rocky:

pkg_mngr=yum

# If Running on Red Hat:

pkg_mngr=dnf

# Make sure to use correct epel version, examples:

# epel_version=8

# epel_version=9

epel_version=${major_version}

sudo ${pkg_mngr} install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-${epel_version}.noarch.rpm

sudo ${pkg_mngr} install -y --enablerepo="epel" python3.9 python3-pip nc jq libselinux-python3 pssh sshpass

sudo ln -sf $(which python3.9) /usr/bin/python3

sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3

sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip

sudo ${pkg_mngr} install -y gawk python3-libselinux

sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp

sudo python3 -m pip install -r installer/requirements.txt --ignore-installed

^ last command should be executed from the installation directory

For Amazon Linux 2.0:

sudo yum install -y gawk

sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel -y

sudo amazon-linux-extras install python3.8 -y

sudo ln -sf $(which python3.8) /usr/bin/python3

sudo yum install -y nc jq libselinux-python3 pssh sshpass

sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3

sudo python3 -m pip install selinux

sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip

sudo amazon-linux-extras enable docker=latest

sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp

sudo python3 -m pip install -r installer/requirements.txt --ignore-installed

^ The last command should be executed from the installation directory

For Amazon Linux 2023:

sudo dnf install -y gawk python3 python3-pip python-pip nc jq libselinux-python3 git

sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3

sudo python3 -m pip install selinux

sudo dnf install -y https://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/38/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/s/sshpass-1.09-5.fc...

sudo python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh

sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/pip /usr/local/bin/pip

sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp

sudo python3 -m pip install -r installer/requirements.txt --ignore-installed

3. Verify if any errors are encountered during the execution of each command
After executing the above commands, verify the errors given (if exist) and resolve them from your environment perspective.

4. Re-run Sisense installation

Once all errors are resolved from an environmental perspective attempt re-running of the Sisense installation.

In case errors/failures are still observed, contact the Sisense Support Team.

Related Content:

Docs: https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/installing-sisense-on-linux.htm

Academy: https://academy.sisense.com/linux-essentials-for-ms