"Can not install cronjob, acme.sh not found" on Arch Linux

[bjo81]

Steps to reproduce
/usr/bin/acme.sh --install-cronjob

Debug log

[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] Lets find script dir.
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] _SCRIPT_='/usr/bin/acme.sh'
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] _script='/usr/share/acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] _script_home='/usr/share/acme.sh'
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] Using default home:/root/.acme.sh
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] LE_WORKING_DIR='/root/.acme.sh'
https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh
v2.7.9
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] ACME_DIRECTORY='https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] _ACME_SERVER_HOST='acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org'
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] Installing cron job
[Tue Apr 24 23:04:39 CEST 2018] Can not install cronjob, acme.sh not found.

No clue why this happens, according to the debug log it finds acme.sh.

[singhpreet89]

@bjo81 Have you found any solution to this problem?

[bjo81]

No, but afaik installing from the repos is unsupported.

[ryester19]

Also having this issue on Alpine edge

[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] Lets find script dir.
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] _SCRIPT_='/usr/bin/acme.sh'
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] _script='/usr/share/acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] _script_home='/usr/share/acme.sh'
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] Using default home:/root/.acme.sh
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh
v2.8.7
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] Running cmd: installcronjob
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] default_acme_server
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] ACME_DIRECTORY='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
[Sat Sep 26 03:34:03 UTC 2020] Can not install cronjob, acme.sh not found.

[axieum]

Any updates on this?

[root@Hostname ~]# acme.sh --install-cronjob --debug
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] Lets find script dir.
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] _SCRIPT_='/usr/bin/acme.sh'
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] _script='/usr/share/acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] _script_home='/usr/share/acme.sh'
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] Using default home:/root/.acme.sh
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh
v2.8.8
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] Running cmd: installcronjob
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] default_acme_server
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] ACME_DIRECTORY='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
[Thu Jan 14 14:54:24 UTC 2021] Can not install cronjob, acme.sh not found.

[Neilpang]

It works for me:

~ # acme.sh --install-cronjob --debug
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] Lets find script dir.
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] _SCRIPT_='/root/.acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] _script='/root/.acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] _script_home='/root/.acme.sh'
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] Using default home:/root/.acme.sh
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh
v2.8.9
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] Running cmd: installcronjob
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] default_acme_server
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] ACME_DIRECTORY='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
[Sat Jan 16 04:01:17 UTC 2021] Installing cron job
36 0 * * * "/root/.acme.sh"/acme.sh --cron --home "/root/.acme.sh" > /dev/null

If you guys can provide more steps and info, it will help you get help faster.

[axieum]

I had installed via, pacman -Sy acme.sh cron using the cronie package. Then swapped over to the root user via sudo su, whom home is under /root, at which point running acme.sh --install-cronjob reveals that ..acme.sh not found

[ronald]

Same problem here.

System: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

root@host:~# /opt/acme.sh/acme.sh --install-cronjob --debug
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] Lets find script dir.
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] _SCRIPT_='/opt/acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] _script='/opt/acme.sh/acme.sh'
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] _script_home='/opt/acme.sh'
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] Using default home:/root/.acme.sh
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh
v3.0.1
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] Running cmd: installcronjob
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] Using config home:/root/.acme.sh
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] default_acme_server='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] ACME_DIRECTORY='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
[Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:33:58 PM CEST] Can not install cronjob, acme.sh not found.

[Nippius]

Just got the same issue.

I'm using Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi and what worked for me was to run the command acme.sh --upgrade as root.
After that, running acme.sh --install-cronjob works as expected.

However, like @axieum, I had installed via, pacman -Sy acme.sh cron using the cronie package so I'm not sure what the implications are when upgrading via pacman in the future.

[Neilpang]

it's fixed. but you will need to wait for the next pacman release.

you can add the following cronjob manually:

[root@4fbcf1c911ab ~]# crontab -l

12 0 * * * /usr/share/acme.sh/acme.sh --cron --home "/root/.acme.sh" > /dev/null