'apt-get install 'python-httplib2' ' failed: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock

[rngadam]

need to use a workaround to execute sudo apt-get install 'python-httplib2' when trying to install rvm to a single user using the rvm_io.rvm1-ruby role:

- name: ensure that the appservers can run Ruby
  hosts: appservers
  remote_user: tcv
  pre_tasks:
    - name: workaround for install of python-httplib2 in a user-only install
      action: apt pkg=python-httplib2 update_cache=yes state=latest
      sudo: true
      sudo_user: root
    - name: put a faster Chinese gem sources
      action: copy src="data/gemrc" dest=/home/tcv/.gemrc mode=0600 owner=tcv group=tcv

  roles: 
    - { 
      role: rvm_io.rvm1-ruby, 
      tags: ruby, 
      sudo: true, 
      sudo_user: 'tcv',
      rvm1_group: "{{ ansible_ssh_user }}",
      rvm1_temp_download_path: '/tmp',
      rvm1_install_path: '~/.rvm', 
      rvm1_temp_download_path: '/home/{{ ansible_ssh_user }}/src',
      rvm1_rubies: ['ruby-2.0.0']
    }
  tags: 
    - rvm

Otherwise, Ansible tries to apt-get package without sudo:

failed: [test1.censored.co] => {"failed": true}
stderr: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

msg: 'apt-get install 'python-httplib2' ' failed: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

[nickjj]

Thanks, it's been fixed and it's available on the galaxy as v1.0.2. You shouldn't have to enable sudo: true and sudo_user: tcv in the role if you're installing it to a local user btw.

This fix is still required tho because in that case it needs sudo/root to apt install httplib2.

[rngadam]

Just re-tested this on a new host and confirmed the fix works:

before:

ASK: [rvm_io.rvm1-ruby | ensure httplib2 is installed] *********************** 
failed: [charaka] => {"failed": true}
stderr: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)

update:

$ ansible-galaxy install --force rvm_io.rvm1-ruby
 downloading role 'rvm1-ruby', owned by rvm_io
 no version specified, installing v1.0.2
 - downloading role from https://github.com/rvm/rvm1-ansible/archive/v1.0.2.tar.gz
 - extracting rvm_io.rvm1-ruby to /usr/local/etc/ansible/roles/rvm_io.rvm1-ruby
rvm_io.rvm1-ruby was installed successfully

after:

TASK: [rvm_io.rvm1-ruby | ensure httplib2 is installed] *********************** 
changed: [charaka]