motioneye.conf.sample: No such file or directory during copy

[VictorTagayun]

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf
cp: cannot stat '/usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample': No such file or directory

should be

sudo cp /home/pi/.local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf

as per

https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/issues/748

please update your wiki

[ccrisan]

@VictorTagayun the wiki clearly states that you need to run stuff as root (using sudo). If you install it as your own user, you'll need to adjust all commands accordingly.

[bmolyneaux]

Make sure you run pip install motioneye as root.

[randynose]

I think that the issue is trying to copy the file before it's created. I was able to copy it once I did the pip install.

[starbasessd]

Please follow the new directions for Ubuntu 20.04 located here:
https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki/%28Install-On-Ubuntu-%2820.04-or-Newer%29
as more and more Linux Distributions are disabling functionality of python
2.7 (and the associated programs) upstream, in anticipation of dropping all
support in the repositories for 31 Dec 2020.
Let me know if it works for you

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I did run the pip install command as root and it is not finding the file
in the specified directory. The directory is not even created.

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[angadsingh]

i did pip install motioneye as root and still faced the above issue.

in fact my conf isn't even at the ~/.local folder. its here:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo find / -name 'motioneye.conf.sample'
/tmp/pip-install-C0SUyZ/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample

[starbasessd]

Did you run the instructions I pointed you to? There are issues with the
upstream packages since python 2.7 and all python 2 packages are going
away. It defaults to python 3 and pip3 when you just run pip.
https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki/%28Install-On-Ubuntu-%2820.04-or-Newer%29
I would suggest starting at the beginning (no need to start from scratch
with a new image) and run through these instructions.

pip2 install motioneye

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i did pip install motioneye as root and still faced the above issue

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[mbrivio]

Trying to install motioneye on fresh and updated ubuntu 20.04 VM following the instruction above but when I need to install pip2 (sudo python2 get-pip.py) I get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get-pip.py", line 24226, in <module>
    main()
  File "get-pip.py", line 199, in main
    bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
  File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main as pip_entry_point
  File "/tmp/tmpWF8rwr/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 60
    sys.stderr.write(f"ERROR: {exc}")
                                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[starbasessd]

Checking

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:56 AM mbrivio [e-mail] wrote:

Trying to install motioneye on fresh and updated ubuntu 20.04 VM following
the instruction above but when I need to install pip2 (sudo python2
get-pip.py) I get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "get-pip.py", line 24226, in
main()
File "get-pip.py", line 199, in main
bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
from pip._internal.cli.main import main as pip_entry_point
File "/tmp/tmpWF8rwr/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 60
sys.stderr.write(f"ERROR: {exc}")
^
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[starbasessd]

Using Ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso for initial install, 4GB RAM, 20GB HD,
4 CPU.

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Checking

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Trying to install motioneye on fresh and updated ubuntu 20.04 VM
following the instruction above but when I need to install pip2 (sudo
python2 get-pip.py) I get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "get-pip.py", line 24226, in
main()
File "get-pip.py", line 199, in main
bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
from pip._internal.cli.main import main as pip_entry_point
File "/tmp/tmpWF8rwr/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 60
sys.stderr.write(f"ERROR: {exc}")
^
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[starbasessd]

I'll bet you ran a group of commands as a single copy & paste, rather than
as separate commands. I'll change the docs to indicate to NOT run as a
group copy/paste.

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Using Ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso for initial install, 4GB RAM, 20GB
HD, 4 CPU.

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Checking

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:56 AM mbrivio [e-mail] wrote:

Trying to install motioneye on fresh and updated ubuntu 20.04 VM
following the instruction above but when I need to install pip2 (sudo
python2 get-pip.py) I get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "get-pip.py", line 24226, in
main()
File "get-pip.py", line 199, in main
bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
from pip._internal.cli.main import main as pip_entry_point
File "/tmp/tmpWF8rwr/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 60
sys.stderr.write(f"ERROR: {exc}")
^
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You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon
and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes
you feel good, doesn't it?

[mbrivio]

not the case, just running these 3 commands on a fresh install give me the error:

apt-get install python2 -y
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
python2 get-pip.py

I'm using an ubuntu server iso, 20.04, but it shouldn't matter
Edit: with sudo privileges

[mbrivio]

There could be issues with the python2 package?

[starbasessd]

That is what I'll be checking as soon as I get a base VM set up.

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There could be issues with the python2 package?

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[starbasessd]

There was an issue with the upstream location of pip2 (they moved it) I
corrected the documentation. If the https:// path doesn't include 2.7, then
do a refresh on the page to get the corrected path.

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That is what I'll be checking as soon as I get a base VM set up.

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There could be issues with the python2 package?

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gets the credit.” - C Powell
You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon
and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes
you feel good, doesn't it?

[starbasessd]

Documentation updated. They (maintainers of pip2 install script) moved it. Check the instructions, and do a refresh on the page. The new curl path for the https:// site now has a 2.7 in the path.