go does not work with node.execute API

[Xusheng Ai]

Hello,

I tried to install go and yanfd before I ssh to the node. I did that by the following code:

try:
    for node in slice.get_nodes():
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('curl -O -L "https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz"')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('tar -xf "go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz"')              
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('sudo mv -v go /usr/local')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin" >> ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin" >> ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('go install github.com/named-data/YaNFD/cmd/yanfd@latest')  
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Exception: {e}")

I got the error that bash: go: command not found. However, I could use go as I ssh to the node. I was wondering what might cause this error.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Xusheng

• This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Xusheng Ai.

[Xusheng Ai]

This is the updated code but it still does not work with the same error:

try:
    for node in slice.get_nodes():
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('curl -O -L "https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz"')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('tar -xf "go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz"')              
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('sudo mv -v go /usr/local')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin" >> ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin" >> ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('source ~/.bashrc')
        stdout, stderr = node.execute('go install github.com/named-data/YaNFD/cmd/yanfd@latest')  
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Exception: {e}")

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Xusheng Ai.

[Paul Ruth]

Each of those execute calls creates a separate ssh session that runs the the command.  This means that each of the calls runs in its own shell and the result of any pervious ‘export’ or ‘source’ calls will not be represented in the environment of a new call.

In this case you are putting everything in the .bashrc file, so I would think that the new call would source the .bashrc file when the shell is created but maybe there is some other piece of the environment  missing.

Try putting that all in one call, something like this:

node.execute('curl -O -L "https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz" ;'
              'tar -xf "go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz" ;'
              'sudo mv -v go /usr/local ;'
              'echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> ~/.bashrc ;' 
              'echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin" >> ~/.bashrc ;' 
              'echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin" >> ~/.bashrc ;' 
              'source ~/.bashrc ;' 
              'go install github.com/named-data/YaNFD/cmd/yanfd@latest')

[Justin Presley]

Hi, I tried the provided remedy which lead to the same error “go: command not found”.

However, I did find a possibly temporary solution. Instead of saying “go install ….“, you list the full path rather than the alias itself. For example: “/usr/local/go/bin/go install …“. This solution might be limited as it will not work in situations where programs need a reference to GOPATH or PATH (w Go included).

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Justin Presley.

[Sajith Sasidharan]

Perhaps the shell isn’t bash? On many systems (Debian and perhaps Ubuntu too), /bin/sh is a symbolic link to dash, not bash.  On other systems, bash too will attempt to conform to POSIX standard if it is invoked as sh via a symbolic link.

In either of those cases PATH might get picked up from ~/.profile, not ~/.bashrc.

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