Re: Cannot install getmail 5.16

Could you temporarily remount tmp with more freedoms?

	% mount -o remount,rw /tmp

Heath


> On 3 Oct 2024, at 9:37=E2=80=AFam, Francisco Wechsler =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Greetings. I am trying to come back to getmail, after many years of =
absence. I managed to install 5.16 and run it flawlessly on Xubuntu =
22.04, using the Python2.7 package that is available from this =
distribution.
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> In contrast, the installation aborted on another computer that runs =
Xubuntu 24.04, which does not support Python2 anymore. I downloaded the =
AppImage recommended by Mr. Cazabon and installed it according to his =
instructions. I then tried to install getmail, but apparently a =
permission issue arose during the installation process. Here are the =
results:
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> The building process runs fine:
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> $ python2 setup.py build
> running build
> running build_py
> creating build
> creating build/lib
> creating build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/imap_utf7.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/utilities.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/logging.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/_retrieverbases.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/retrievers.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/compatibility.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/message.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/baseclasses.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/constants.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/_pop3ssl.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/destinations.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/exceptions.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/filters.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> copying getmailcore/__init__.py -> build/lib/getmailcore
> running build_scripts
> creating build/scripts-2.7
> copying and adjusting getmail -> build/scripts-2.7
> copying and adjusting getmail_fetch -> build/scripts-2.7
> copying and adjusting getmail_maildir -> build/scripts-2.7
> copying and adjusting getmail_mbox -> build/scripts-2.7
> copying and adjusting getmail-gmail-xoauth-tokens -> build/scripts-2.7
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/getmail from 664 to 775
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/getmail_fetch from 664 to 775
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/getmail_maildir from 664 to 775
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/getmail_mbox from 664 to 775
> changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/getmail-gmail-xoauth-tokens from =
664 to 775
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> So far so good, but then the installation (as root) aborts:
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> # python2 setup.py install
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_scripts
> running install_lib
> creating =
/tmp/.mount_pythonsHwdw8/usr/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/getmailcor=
e
> error: could not create =
'/tmp/.mount_pythonsHwdw8/usr/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/getmailco=
re': Read-only file system
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> Now my /tmp directory is 41777 (octal mode), meaning anybody can read, =
write and execute, but cannot tamper with someone else's files (sticky =
bit). I understand these are the standard permissions for /tmp.
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> Exactly the same error occurred when I used another AppImage, this =
time from github.
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> Am I overlooking something? Any help will be appreciated.
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> Sincerely,
> Francisco
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