Install of ovirt-engine-sdk-python on Linux fails with fatal error: libxml/xmlreader.

veryangryman

Issue taking in ovirt-engine-sdk-python from using both pip and pip3.

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /usr/bin/python -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-xoMZFA/ovirt-engine-sdk-python/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-xoMZFA/ovirt-engine-sdk-python/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-4jJ_aR/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile
         cwd: /tmp/pip-install-xoMZFA/ovirt-engine-sdk-python/
    Complete output (29 lines):
    4.3.3
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/reader.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/readers.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/writers.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/http.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/types.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/service.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/version.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/writer.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    copying lib/ovirtsdk4/services.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ovirtsdk4
    running build_ext
    building 'ovirtsdk4.xml' extension
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/ext
    gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c ext/xml.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/ext/xml.o
    gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c ext/ov_xml_module.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/ext/ov_xml_module.o
    gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c ext/ov_xml_reader.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/ext/ov_xml_reader.o
    ext/ov_xml_reader.c:20:30: fatal error: libxml/xmlreader.h: No such file or directory
     #include <libxml/xmlreader.h>
                                  ^
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-xoMZFA/ovirt-engine-sdk-python/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-xoMZFA/ovirt-engine-sdk-python/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-4jJ_aR/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.

Full output https://pastebin.com/0Eep1x5e

Giblet

Ensure you have the development tools / sdk installed.


Python 2 with apt

sudo apt-get install python-dev  \
     build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \
     libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev \
     python-pip