[BUG] The Fedora install fails

[LostInBrittany]

Affected project(s)

• documentation
• examples
• wasmCloud host
• wasmCloud CLI (wash)
• wasmCloud dashboard UI (washboard)
• capability providers
• provider bindgen
• control interface client
• other / not sure

Describe the bug

I have tried to install the v1 alpha on my Fedora laptop. I have followed the instructions on https://wasmcloud.com/docs/1.0/installation?os=fedora and it failed:

$ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/wasmcloud/core/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo dnf install wash
[sudo] password for horacio: 
Detected operating system as fedora/39.
Checking for curl...
Detected curl...
Downloading repository file: https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/wasmCloud/core/config_file.repo?os=fedora&dist=39&source=script
done.
Installing pygpgme to verify GPG signatures...
wasmCloud_core-source                                                                                  205  B/s | 833  B     00:04    
No match for argument: pygpgme
Error: Unable to find a match: pygpgme

WARNING: 
The pygpgme package could not be installed. This means GPG verification is not possible for any RPM installed on your system. 
To fix this, add a repository with pygpgme. Usualy, the EPEL repository for your system will have this. 
More information: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F

Installing yum-utils...
wasmCloud_core-source                                                                                  483  B/s | 951  B     00:01    
Package dnf-utils-4.5.0-1.fc39.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

WARNING: 
The yum-utils package could not be installed. This means you may not be able to install source RPMs or use other yum features.

Generating yum cache for wasmCloud_core...
Generating yum cache for wasmCloud_core-source...

The repository is setup! You can now install packages.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Wed 20 Mar 2024 02:20:55 PM CET.
No match for argument: wash
Error: Unable to find a match: wash

I am going to dig on it to try to find exactly where is the problem.

Steps to reproduce

1. Run the install script on a Fedora computer

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/wasmcloud/core/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo dnf install wash

Expected behavior

A clean install

Environment

• OS: Fedora 39
• Shell: bash
• wasmcloud Version: 1.0 (alpha)

Screenshots / Logs / Additional context

No response

[LostInBrittany]

The first problem seems to be similar (or even the same) to telepresenceio/telepresence#1236

The pygpgme package isn't available in Fedora repositories, it haven't been there since Fedora 31 at least.

It's a problem on packagecloud.io that seems to use obsolete building methods for modern Fedora.

[LostInBrittany]

The next problem, and the big one for me, it's that it seems to be no Fedora 39 package in the packagecloud repository.
I see Fedora 28 to 38, but not 39 (that was released last October).

Fedora 28 was released on 2018, it's nice to have such retro-compatibility, but it would be wonderful to update to last Fedora, IMHO.

[LostInBrittany]

I would love to send a PR for the issue, but I don't see where and how the package for the different distros are generated. Anybody could point me to the right place?

[brooksmtownsend]

Hey @LostInBrittany ! Thank you for filing this and being willing to help, I think we can remove Fedora 28 and update to the latest. The actual release packages are generated from https://github.com/wasmCloud/wasmCloud/tree/main/crates/wash-cli/build, I seem to remember those numbers being generated from the packagecloud API and I'd have to go digging to find out how to find what number == Fedora 39... let me know if you're able to find it and if not I can help take a look once I'm away from KubeCon EU

[LostInBrittany]

I have found the info, Fedora 39 is the id 279:

{
  "display_name": "Fedora",
  "index_name": "fedora",
  "versions": [
    {
      "id": 28,
      "display_name": "14 Laughlin",
      "index_name": "14",
      "version_number": "14.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 29,
      "display_name": "15 Lovelock",
      "index_name": "15",
      "version_number": "15.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 30,
      "display_name": "16 Verne",
      "index_name": "16",
      "version_number": "16.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 31,
      "display_name": "17 Beefy Miracle",
      "index_name": "17",
      "version_number": "17.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 32,
      "display_name": "18 Spherical Cow",
      "index_name": "18",
      "version_number": "18.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 33,
      "display_name": "19 Schrödingers Cat",
      "index_name": "19",
      "version_number": "19.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 34,
      "display_name": "20 Heisenbug",
      "index_name": "20",
      "version_number": "20.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 143,
      "display_name": "21 Fedora 21",
      "index_name": "21",
      "version_number": "21.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 147,
      "display_name": "22 Fedora 22",
      "index_name": "22",
      "version_number": "22.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 151,
      "display_name": "23 Fedora 23",
      "index_name": "23",
      "version_number": "23.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 169,
      "display_name": "24 Fedora 24",
      "index_name": "24",
      "version_number": "24.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 179,
      "display_name": "25 Fedora 25",
      "index_name": "25",
      "version_number": "25.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 184,
      "display_name": "26 Fedora 26",
      "index_name": "26",
      "version_number": "26.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 188,
      "display_name": "27 Fedora 27",
      "index_name": "27",
      "version_number": "27.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 194,
      "display_name": "28 Fedora 28",
      "index_name": "28",
      "version_number": "28.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 201,
      "display_name": "29 Fedora 29",
      "index_name": "29",
      "version_number": "29.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 204,
      "display_name": "30 Fedora 30",
      "index_name": "30",
      "version_number": "30.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 209,
      "display_name": "31 Fedora 31",
      "index_name": "31",
      "version_number": "31.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 216,
      "display_name": "32 Fedora 32",
      "index_name": "32",
      "version_number": "32.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 226,
      "display_name": "33 Fedora 33",
      "index_name": "33",
      "version_number": "33.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 231,
      "display_name": "34 Fedora 34",
      "index_name": "34",
      "version_number": "34.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 236,
      "display_name": "35 Fedora 35",
      "index_name": "35",
      "version_number": "35.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 239,
      "display_name": "36 Fedora 36",
      "index_name": "36",
      "version_number": "36.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 260,
      "display_name": "37 Fedora 37",
      "index_name": "37",
      "version_number": "37.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 273,
      "display_name": "38 Fedora 38",
      "index_name": "38",
      "version_number": "38.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 279,
      "display_name": "39 Fedora 39",
      "index_name": "39",
      "version_number": "39.0"
    },
    {
      "id": 283,
      "display_name": "40 Fedora 40",
      "index_name": "40",
      "version_number": "40.0"
    }
  ]
}