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in thread [RAKU] How to install zef on Ubuntu 22.04

That got me a little farther, +1. The install failed unless run as root, but as root, resulted in this: 
# raku -Ilib bin/zef install DBIish
===> Searching for: DBIish
===> Searching for missing dependencies: NativeHelpers::Blob, NativeLi
+bs:ver<0.0.9+>:auth<github:salortiz>, NativeCall::TypeDiag
===> Searching for missing dependencies: File::Temp
===> Searching for missing dependencies: File::Directory::Tree
===> Staging NativeHelpers::Blob:ver<0.1.12>:auth<github:salortiz>
===> Staging [OK] for NativeHelpers::Blob:ver<0.1.12>:auth<github:salo
+rtiz>
===> Staging NativeLibs:ver<0.0.9>:auth<github:salortiz>
===> Staging [OK] for NativeLibs:ver<0.0.9>:auth<github:salortiz>
===> Staging File::Directory::Tree
===> Staging [OK] for File::Directory::Tree
===> Staging File::Temp:ver<0.0.10>:auth<zef:rbt>
===> Staging [OK] for File::Temp:ver<0.0.10>:auth<zef:rbt>
===> Staging NativeCall::TypeDiag
===> Staging [OK] for NativeCall::TypeDiag
===> Staging DBIish:ver<0.6.6>:auth<zef:raku-community-modules>:api<1>
===> Staging [OK] for DBIish:ver<0.6.6>:auth<zef:raku-community-module
+s>:api<1>
No such method 'remove-artifacts' for invocant of type
'CompUnit::Repository::Staging'

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However, not being able to install normally means that even "installed" modules aren't found... 
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling /home/myuser/rakusessiontest.raku
Could not find DBIish in:
    inst#/root/.raku
    inst#/usr/lib/perl6/site
    inst#/usr/lib/perl6/vendor
    inst#/usr/lib/perl6/core
    ap#
    nqp#
    perl5#
at /home/myuser/rakusessiontest.raku:4

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I'm not sure where to go from here. My "zef" is not yet working properly, it seems. The online guides for working around the problem of this library not being included in this linux distribution are either incomplete or out-of-date. As an ubuntu user for the past twenty years, I'm not ready to switch distros. Maybe I'll have to wait until April 2024 when the next Ubuntu LTS comes out before I can use Raku? That would be a terrible delay.

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

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Re^5: [RAKU] How to install zef on Ubuntu 22.04
by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 28, 2023 at 09:37 UTC 
    No such method 'remove-artifacts' for invocant of type 'CompUnit::Repo
+sitory::Staging'

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    For some reason the install still fails, but my Google searches don't turn up anything helpful.

    Personally, I would try to avoid using the root account to install stuff and instead run the installation as a normal user, below the /home/corion (or in your case, /home/polyglot) directory. Maybe the installation does not cope well with root permissions or something like that. Until you get zef to install properly, trying to install other stuff is likely futile.

    Can you try and re-run the installation under your normal user, maybe in a separate directory?

    who am i
cd $HOME
mkdir raku-zef-install
cd raku-zef-install
git clone https://github.com/ugexe/zef.git
cd zef
raku -I. bin/zef install .

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    This could maybe install zef for your local user (instead of root, or everyone on the machine).

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      I'm the server's admin, and only user. To my mind, it matters little which user installs it. If there were other users, however, I would be even more inclined to install as root so that they, too, could use zef. Any root/sudo user should be able to use it, in my opinion. It has been my experience, though, that when installing applications, the root user generally succeeds better as it will encounter fewer permissions-related issues.

      Nevertheless, being willing to attempt your suggestion, I received the below results... 

      Cloning into 'zef'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 11711, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1112/1112), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (536/536), done.
remote: Total 11711 (delta 670), reused 946 (delta 558), pack-reused 1
+0599
Receiving objects: 100% (11711/11711), 2.38 MiB | 10.90 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (7195/7195), done.
failed to create directory: /tmp/.zef/1703756967.189511/1703756975.189
+511.3413.866087216334

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      Any ideas?

      (NOTE: I've edited my original post to add a link showing that "zef" was deliberately removed from Ubuntu's 22.04 repository. That's why all this manual installation is necessary...and complicated. I'm not sure if Raku's developers dropped the ball, owing to name-changes from Perl6, or if Ubuntu's developers were doing something nefarious, but it is what it is.)

      Blessings,

      ~Polyglot~

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        Sure, I'm just trying to find out whether the problem is with the expectations of zef and I expect the developers to work under a non-root user, which is why I'm trying to get you to replicate their situation more closely.

        What is your working directory? The error message suggests that it is /tmp, and maybe /tmp has special permissions or a limited size. I suggested to install it below $HOME in a separate directory, but you know your system better and can maybe suggest a different directory that is not special.

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        ” I'm the server's admin, and only user...”

        That's not good. Not good at all. It's actually a big mistake. But you can still change it. Create a user polyglot or whatever. And sudo is your friend. You probably also log in as root via SSH, yes? Not good either. Turn that off. Logging in with keys is not a bad idea either. My provider has been doing this recently. And in the company I was last at (and in all the others too) this was the usual procedure. And corion has already said it: Install such stuff in your home - or in that of any other user for this purpose.

        «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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