# Can not build rpm from src **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 23, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-not-build-rpm-from-src/11567 "2012-05-23T12:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Davour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andreas\_Davour](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Davour)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-not-build-rpm-from-src/11567/1 "2012-05-23T12:34:06Z")
I have some problems building rpms from the source. This is what I did. wget [https://github.com/downloads/ansible/ansible/ansible-0.3.1.tar.gz](https://github.com/downloads/ansible/ansible/ansible-0.3.1.tar.gz) tar zxvf ansible-0.3.1.tar.gz cd ansible-0.3.1 make rpm Then I get the following output, and I know for a fact that at least the examples/hosts file is there: cat: VERSION: No such file or directory Cleaning up distutils stuff rm -rf build rm -rf dist Cleaning up byte compiled python stuff find . -type f -regex ".\*\.py[co]$" -delete Cleaning up editor backup files find . -type f \( -name "\*~" -or -name "#\*" \) -delete find . -type f \( -name "\*.swp" \) -delete Cleaning up asciidoc to man transformations and results find ./docs/man -type f -name "\*.xml" -delete find ./docs/man -type f -name "\*.asciidoc" -delete Cleaning up output from test runs rm -rf test/test\_data Cleaning up RPM building stuff rm -rf MANIFEST rpm-build Cleaning up Debian building stuff rm -rf debian rm -rf deb-build python setup.py sdist -t MANIFEST.in /usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py:236: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install\_requires'   warnings.warn(msg) running sdist warning: sdist: manifest template 'MANIFEST.in' does not exist (using default file list) warning: sdist: standard file not found: should have one of README, README.txt writing manifest file 'MANIFEST' creating ansible-0.3.1 creating ansible-0.3.1/bin creating ansible-0.3.1/lib creating ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible making hard links in ansible-0.3.1... hard linking setup.py -\> ansible-0.3.1 hard linking bin/ansible -\> ansible-0.3.1/bin hard linking bin/ansible-playbook -\> ansible-0.3.1/bin hard linking lib/ansible/\_\_init\_\_.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/callbacks.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/connection.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/constants.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/errors.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/inventory.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/playbook.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/runner.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible hard linking lib/ansible/utils.py -\> ansible-0.3.1/lib/ansible creating dist tar -cf dist/ansible-0.3.1.tar ansible-0.3.1 gzip -f9 dist/ansible-0.3.1.tar removing 'ansible-0.3.1' (and everything under it) Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92254 + umask 022 + cd /tmp/ansible-0.3.1/rpm-build + cd /tmp/ansible-0.3.1/rpm-build + rm -rf ansible-0.3.1 + /bin/gzip -dc /tmp/ansible-0.3.1/rpm-build/ansible-0.3.1.tar.gz + tar -xf - + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd ansible-0.3.1 ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 0 = 0 ']' + /bin/chown -Rhf root . ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 0 = 0 ']' + /bin/chgrp -Rhf root . + /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w . + exit 0 Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92254 + umask 022 + cd /tmp/ansible-0.3.1/rpm-build + cd ansible-0.3.1 + /usr/bin/python setup.py build /usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py:236: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install\_requires'   warnings.warn(msg) running build running build\_py creating build creating build/lib creating build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/connection.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/utils.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/inventory.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/playbook.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/callbacks.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/errors.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/runner.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/\_\_init\_\_.py -\> build/lib/ansible copying lib/ansible/constants.py -\> build/lib/ansible running build\_scripts creating build/scripts-2.4 copying and adjusting bin/ansible -\> build/scripts-2.4 copying and adjusting bin/ansible-playbook -\> build/scripts-2.4 changing mode of build/scripts-2.4/ansible from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.4/ansible-playbook from 644 to 755 + exit 0 Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92254 + umask 022 + cd /tmp/ansible-0.3.1/rpm-build + cd ansible-0.3.1 + /usr/bin/python setup.py install -O1 --root= /usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py:236: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install\_requires'   warnings.warn(msg) running install running build running build\_py running build\_scripts running install\_lib creating usr creating usr/lib creating usr/lib/python2.4 creating usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages creating usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/connection.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/utils.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/inventory.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/playbook.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/callbacks.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/errors.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/runner.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/\_\_init\_\_.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible copying build/lib/ansible/constants.py -\> usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/connection.py to connection.pyc   File "usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/connection.py", line 24     with warnings.catch\_warnings():                 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/utils.py to utils.pyc byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/inventory.py to inventory.pyc byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/playbook.py to playbook.pyc   File "usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/playbook.py", line 371     raise errors.AnsibleError("action is required for each item in tasks: offending task is %s" % name if name else "unknown")                                                                                                         ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/callbacks.py to callbacks.pyc byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/errors.py to errors.pyc byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/runner.py to runner.pyc byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/\_\_init\_\_.py to \_\_init\_\_.pyc byte-compiling usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/constants.py to constants.pyc writing byte-compilation script '/tmp/tmpwk\_M97.py' /usr/bin/python -O /tmp/tmpwk\_M97.py   File "usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/connection.py", line 24     with warnings.catch\_warnings():                 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax   File "usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ansible/playbook.py", line 371     raise errors.AnsibleError("action is required for each item in tasks: offending task is %s" % name if name else "unknown")                                                                                                         ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax removing /tmp/tmpwk\_M97.py running install\_scripts creating usr/bin copying build/scripts-2.4/ansible-playbook -\> usr/bin copying build/scripts-2.4/ansible -\> usr/bin changing mode of usr/bin/ansible-playbook to 755 changing mode of usr/bin/ansible to 755 + mkdir -p /etc/ansible/ + cp examples/hosts /etc/ansible/ cp: cannot stat `examples/hosts': No such file or directory error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92254 (%install) RPM build errors:     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.92254 (%install) make: \*\*\* [rpm] Error 1 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-not-build-rpm-from-src/11567/2 "2012-05-23T12:42:12Z")
0.3.1 is actually packaged in Fedora, so I’m not sure what’s up with what you have here. That being said, 0.4 will be out most likely _tonight_, so you probably can just do a “make rpm” from the git checkout of the devel branch if you want and should be good to go. –Michael ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-not-build-rpm-from-src/11567/3 "2012-05-23T12:42:56Z")
For clarification, you can also find Ansible in EPEL 6. ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Davour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andreas\_Davour](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Davour)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-not-build-rpm-from-src/11567/4 "2012-05-23T12:58:26Z")
> [1 \] > 0.3.1 is actually packaged in Fedora, so I'm not sure what's up with > what you have here. This is done on a RHEL5 machine. > That being said, 0.4 will be out most likely \*tonight\*, so you > probably can just do a "make rpm" from the git checkout of the devel > branch if you want and should be good to go. I tried the same from a git clone, git checkout 0.3.1 and then copied that tree to the RHEL machine. That gave some other weird results, though. Now I did try the 0.4 branch, though, and it worked. I was under the impression that it was next Wednesday, and not this one so I thought I'd stay with 0.3.1 instead. Apparently 0.4 was the way to go. Thanks. -andreas