Help installing Zax Nymserver

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I am trying to set up a Zax-style nymserver on a VPS node. My OS is
Debian Jessie.

I have three different versions of Python installed: python2.7,
python3 and python3.4.

As root I did "python setup.py install" and that seemed to execute
without issue.

I switched to non-root user nymserv and created my RSA 4096-bit nym
key con...@placid.loadmx.net

I also added additional uids url@ and send@

Then I did "nymserv --process" and received the folllowing error message
:

__

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/nymserv", line 39, in <module>
import nymserv.gnupg
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nymserv/gnupg.py", line
19, in <module>
import GnuPGInterface
ImportError: No module named GnuPGInterface
__

How to proceed? I'm not sure about how to install the missing Python
module GnuPGInterface.

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Zax

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:25:23 -0400, SEC3 wrote in
Message-Id: <nm747k$1fo$1...@dont-email.me>:

> Then I did "nymserv --process" and received the folllowing error message
>:
>
> __
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/local/bin/nymserv", line 39, in <module>
> import nymserv.gnupg
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nymserv/gnupg.py", line
> 19, in <module>
> import GnuPGInterface
> ImportError: No module named GnuPGInterface
> __
>
>
> How to proceed? I'm not sure about how to install the missing Python
> module GnuPGInterface.

Hi,

You need to install python-gnupginterface so Python can interface with
GnuPG.

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Jeremy Bentham

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Jul 14, 2016, 8:10:44 AM7/14/16

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> I am trying to set up a Zax-style nymserver on a VPS node. My OS is
> Debian Jessie.
>
> I have three different versions of Python installed: python2.7,
> python3 and python3.4.
>
> As root I did "python setup.py install" and that seemed to execute
> without issue.
>
> I switched to non-root user nymserv and created my RSA 4096-bit nym
> key con...@placid.loadmx.net
>
> I also added additional uids url@ and send@
>
> Then I did "nymserv --process" and received the folllowing error message
>
>>
>
> __
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/local/bin/nymserv", line 39, in <module>
> import nymserv.gnupg
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nymserv/gnupg.py", line
> 19, in <module>
> import GnuPGInterface
> ImportError: No module named GnuPGInterface
> __
>
>
> How to proceed? I'm not sure about how to install the missing Python
> module GnuPGInterface.

apt-cache search GnuPGInterface
apt-get install GnuPGInterface

SEC3

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Jul 14, 2016, 8:40:06 AM7/14/16

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On 07/14/2016 05:04 AM, Zax wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:25:23 -0400, SEC3 wrote in
> Message-Id: <nm747k$1fo$1...@dont-email.me>:
>
>> Then I did "nymserv --process" and received the folllowing error message
>> :
>
>> __
>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/local/bin/nymserv", line 39, in <module>
>> import nymserv.gnupg
>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nymserv/gnupg.py", line
>> 19, in <module>
>> import GnuPGInterface
>> ImportError: No module named GnuPGInterface
>> __
>
>
>> How to proceed? I'm not sure about how to install the missing Python
>> module GnuPGInterface.
>
> Hi,
>
> You need to install python-gnupginterface so Python can interface with
> GnuPG.

I tried "apt-get install gnupginterface". No luck.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gnupginterface

I then tried "pip install gnupginterface" and got

Collecting gnupginterface
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement
gnupginterface (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for gnupginterface

Does Nymserv require a particular Python version?

How can I determine which version my system is defaulting to?

SEC3

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Jul 14, 2016, 8:40:19 AM7/14/16

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On 07/14/2016 08:10 AM, Jeremy Bentham wrote:

>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/local/bin/nymserv", line 39, in <module>
>> import nymserv.gnupg
>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nymserv/gnupg.py", line
>> 19, in <module>
>> import GnuPGInterface
>> ImportError: No module named GnuPGInterface
>> __
>>
>>
>> How to proceed? I'm not sure about how to install the missing Python
>> module GnuPGInterface.
>
> apt-cache search GnuPGInterface
> apt-get install GnuPGInterface

apt-cache search GnuPGInterface gives me an empty list.

apt-get install GnuPGInterface gives

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

E: Unable to locate package GnuPGInterface

And the result is the same if I try

apt-get install python-gnupginterface

Anonymous

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Jul 14, 2016, 9:15:46 AM7/14/16

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:40:04 -0400, SEC3 <pinger...@sec3.net> wrote:

>I tried "apt-get install gnupginterface". No luck.

Wrong package. Try:

python-gnupginterface

Anonymous

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Jul 14, 2016, 9:17:38 AM7/14/16

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:40:17 -0400, SEC3 <pinger...@sec3.net> wrote:

>apt-get install python-gnupginterface

That's a debian wheezy package. Are you on some other?

SEC3

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Jul 14, 2016, 9:48:19 AM7/14/16

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Jessie.

The name of the OS image I installed on my VPS is:
Debian 8 (64-bit) Minimal

Anonymous

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Jul 14, 2016, 10:30:32 AM7/14/16

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Try python-gnupg instead.

Cornelis Tromp

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Jul 14, 2016, 10:42:22 AM7/14/16

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> On 07/14/2016 09:16 AM, Anonymous wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:40:17 -0400, SEC3 <pinger...@sec3.net> wrote:
>>
>>> apt-get install python-gnupginterface
>>
>> That's a debian wheezy package. Are you on some other?
>>
>
> Jessie.
>
> The name of the OS image I installed on my VPS is:
> Debian 8 (64-bit) Minimal
>

Into the dark and mysterious systemd territory. Debian 7 and Slackware will keep you out of there.

SEC3

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Jul 14, 2016, 12:31:10 PM7/14/16

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Thanks, but I tried that already. It installed okay, but hasn't solved
the missing python module error.

I'm going to reinstall the Debian OS, this time foregoing the "minimal"
ISO image for a more complete intallation.

Anonymous

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Jul 14, 2016, 2:33:55 PM7/14/16

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Could be a hardcoded dependency for that specific module and there is no package for it on your OS.

I would try manually downloading the package and installing it by hand:

wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnupginterface/python-gnupginterface_0.3.2-9.1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i python-gnupginterface_0.3.2-9.1_all.deb

SEC3

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Jul 14, 2016, 8:55:44 PM7/14/16

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On 07/14/2016 02:32 PM, Anonymous wrote:
>
> Could be a hardcoded dependency for that specific module and there is no package for it on your OS.
>
> I would try manually downloading the package and installing it by hand:
>
> wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnupginterface/python-gnupginterface_0.3.2-9.1_all.deb
>
> sudo dpkg -i python-gnupginterface_0.3.2-9.1_all.deb

Thanks I followed this advice. Installing it revealed I was missing the
packgage "python-support"

I then did "apt-get install python-support" and this installed
gnupginterface as a dependency.

'Appreciate your assistance!

Anonymous

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Jul 14, 2016, 9:59:25 PM7/14/16

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Yer welcome.