Installing Kopano core-8.7.82.4-RHEL_7_EPEL_7-x86_64 fails with missing dependency on python3-xapian

uwe-beach

The same error with core-8.7.82.168.1d6c032-RHEL_7_EPEL_7-x86_64

Fehler: Paket: kopano-search-8.7.82.168.8dd42d860-405.1.x86_64 (/kopano-search-8.7.82.168.8dd42d860-405.1.x86_64)
Benötigt: python3-xapian

Which kopano-Version is working with Centos 7 ?

regards
uwe

thctlo

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irreleph4nt

@thctlo
Mixing rpms between OSes is a very bad idea. Please don’t recommend it to people. For example, CentOS is currently still on Python 3.6, whilst Fedora is on 3.7.

thctlo

i’ve removed it.

cr4pzje

Hi guys, did someone find a solution for this issue?

Mike-Sbg

Did anyone find a solution?

fbartels

I would recommend using a Debian based distribution, RHEL/CentOS is just not a focus (at the moment).

adrian2139

First of all i think its pretty sad that theres currently no focus on RHEL especially since i suppose kopano is meant as an enterprise solution.

For the community imho its still pretty tough to install kopano (lots of archives, some even with missing rpms inside -> chose RHEL-EPEL where possible as it seems the most complete). I think it would also help to have a repo available for the community. You definitely make it harder to install than it should be. Using createrepo is currently of no use either since there are lots of conflicts. I had to force the installation via rpm …

Part of the solution for RHEL is described in https://forum.kopano.io/topic/2385/installation-of-kopano-core-on-centos-7-not-possible/8

I also used the howto at https://www.huerter.me/index.php/2018/07/12/howto-setup-kopano-als-kolab-groupware-ersatz/ (written for debian but can be used on RHEL in a similar fashion).

Still I had quite some problems:

kopano-webapp-plugin-filesbackend-smb has dependency for a php5-package whilst it should be PHP7 (as the tar-archive suggests).

rpmrebuild, correct the package name, install …

kopano-search wants python3-python-magic and python3-xapian

install the packages providing these by rpm or (compile/install) by source any rpmrebuild

lots (!) of unmet dependencies.

yum install these

found by accident: kopano-cli --list-users needs the python module tzlocal

/usr/bin/pip3 install tzlocal

Hoping my findings help some of you out. All in all: the installation on RHEL is totally possible!

cr4pzje

Hey Adrian,

thank you for your detailled explanation. I will try it in my lab environment.

br

Mike-Sbg

By the way, it is nearly impossible to install it on RHEL 7 (with epel):

Does anybody know, if theese issues also happen in the commercial verison?
Or is there any roadmap when it is fixed in the community edition (I know that there is no priority a the moment)