Install problems: ERROR: Failed running GAM for the first time with 127.

Alex Moon

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May 25, 2021, 3:52:19 PM5/25/21

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When I attempt to install GAM (re-install, first time got messed up) I'm receiving the following error:

ERROR: Failed running GAM for the first time with 127. Please report this error to GAM mailing list. Exiting.

I have tried removing profile references from both .profile and .zshrc. And removed files at the ~/bin/gam/ directory.

Any ideas? Appreciate the help!

-Alex

Jay Lee

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May 25, 2021, 4:00:49 PM5/25/21

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Please show the entire output, not just the one line.

Jay Lee

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Alex Moon

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May 25, 2021, 4:08:58 PM5/25/21

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Certainly:

➜ ~ bash <(curl -s -S -L https://git.io/install-gam)

You are running MacOS 11.4

Checking GitHub URL https://api.github.com/repos/jay0lee/GAM/releases for latest GAM release (unauthenticated)...

Getting file and download URL...

Downloading file gam-6.03-macos-x86_64.tar.xz from https://github.com/jay0lee/GAM/releases/download/v6.03/gam-6.03-macos-x86_64.tar.xz to /var/folders/19/nl9z8b_96dbc6p1r116dnp6r0000gn/T/tmp.TvTRTzVw (unauthenticated)...

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current

Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

100 634 100 634 0 0 1609 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1605

100 9938k 100 9938k 0 0 9236k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 9236k

Extracting archive to /Users/user/bin

Finished extracting GAM archive.

gam alias already exists in profile file /Users/user/.profile. Skipping add.

gam alias already exists in profile file /Users/user/.zshrc. Skipping add.

Can you run a full browser on this machine? (usually Y for MacOS, N for Linux if you SSH into this machine) Y

GAM is now installed. Are you ready to set up a Google API project for GAM? (yes or no) yes

Please enter your Google Workspace admin email address:

/dev/fd/11: line 296: /Users/user/bin/gam/gam: Not a directory

Project creation failed. Trying again. Say N to skip project creation.

Alex Moon

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May 26, 2021, 10:35:47 AM5/26/21

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Realize I may have left a bit out so here's another:

➜ ~ bash <(curl -s -S -L https://git.io/install-gam)

You are running MacOS 11.4
Checking GitHub URL https://api.github.com/repos/jay0lee/GAM/releases for latest GAM release (unauthenticated)...
Getting file and download URL...

Downloading file gam-6.03-macos-x86_64.tar.xz from https://github.com/jay0lee/GAM/releases/download/v6.03/gam-6.03-macos-x86_64.tar.xz to /var/folders/19/nl9z8b_96dbc6p1r116dnp6r0000gn/T/tmp.uf7o2wRp (unauthenticated)...

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

100 634 100 634 0 0 1613 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1613
100 9938k 100 9938k 0 0 1376k 0 0:00:07 0:00:07 --:--:-- 1501k
Extracting archive to /Users/alexmoon/bin
Finished extracting GAM archive.
gam alias already exists in profile file /Users/alexmoon/.profile. Skipping add.
gam alias already exists in profile file /Users/alexmoon/.zshrc. Skipping add.

Can you run a full browser on this machine? (usually Y for MacOS, N for Linux if you SSH into this machine) Y
GAM is now installed. Are you ready to set up a Google API project for GAM? (yes or no) yes
Please enter your Google Workspace admin email address:

/dev/fd/11: line 296: /Users/alexmoon/bin/gam/gam: Not a directory

Project creation failed. Trying again. Say N to skip project creation.

GAM is now installed. Are you ready to set up a Google API project for GAM? (yes or no) yes

/dev/fd/11: line 296: /Users/alexmoon/bin/gam/gam: Not a directory

Project creation failed. Trying again. Say N to skip project creation.

GAM is now installed. Are you ready to set up a Google API project for GAM? (yes or no) y

/dev/fd/11: line 296: /Users/alexmoon/bin/gam/gam: Not a directory

Project creation failed. Trying again. Say N to skip project creation.

GAM is now installed. Are you ready to set up a Google API project for GAM? (yes or no) y

/dev/fd/11: line 296: /Users/alexmoon/bin/gam/gam: Not a directory

Project creation failed. Trying again. Say N to skip project creation.

GAM is now installed. Are you ready to set up a Google API project for GAM? (yes or no) n
You can create an API project later by running:
gam create project
Here's information about your new GAM installation:
/dev/fd/11: line 371: /Users/alexmoon/bin/gam/gam: Not a directory
ERROR: Failed running GAM for the first time with 126. Please report this error to GAM mailing list. Exiting.

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Jay Lee

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May 26, 2021, 10:44:54 AM5/26/21

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Try again now. There's a problem with the 6.03 archive files so I've reverted back to using 6.02 for now.

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Alex Moon

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May 26, 2021, 11:26:26 AM5/26/21

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That did the trick. Thank you Jay!

It seems like the installation was a success though I'm seeing the following message anytime I attempt to run the "gam" command: "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git"

I'm wondering if this because "gam" is already configured as a git alias for "git am" but I could be wrong. Any ideas?

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Jay Lee

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May 26, 2021, 11:39:25 AM5/26/21

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Yes, I believe that's an issue on recent MacOS versions. You need to either specify the full path to GAM or fix your alias or path values.

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Dustin Suchter

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Mar 28, 2023, 11:32:49 AM3/28/23

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I'm here because I think I'm having the same issue while trying to install GAMADV-XTD3 on macOS Monterey 12.6.3. I've tried the default install script and the -d option to explicitly specify my path, both result in the exact same error (notably $HOME/bin is already set properly so the fact that -d did not solve my error makes sense... but hey, at least I tried it!)

The authentication flow has completed.
Creating project "GAM Project"...
Checking project creation status...
Project: gam-project-xxx-xxx-xxx, Enable 34 APIs
API: accesscontextmanager.googleapis.com, Enabled Setting GAM project consent screen...
Project: gam-project-xxx-xxx-xxx, Service Account: gam-project...@gam-project-xxx-xxx-xxx.iam.gserviceaccount.com, Enabled
Project: gam-project-xxx-xxx-xxx, Service Account: gam-project...@gam-project-xxx-xxx-xxx.iam.gserviceaccount.com, Generating new private key
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "__init__.py", line 68229, in ProcessGAMCommand
File "__init__.py", line 11053, in doCreateProject
File "__init__.py", line 10662, in _createClientSecretsOauth2service
File "__init__.py", line 10609, in _createOauth2serviceJSON
File "__init__.py", line 11793, in doProcessSvcAcctKeys
File "__init__.py", line 11665, in _generatePrivateKeyAndPublicCert
File "cryptography/hazmat/backends/__init__.py", line 8, in default_backend
File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 352, in exec_module
File "cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 352, in exec_module
File "cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py", line 61, in <module>
File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 352, in exec_module
File "cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 14, in <module>
ImportError: dlopen(/var/folders/jk/qnlb7g8x5m3579c770bwqt600000gn/T/_MEIjytFKu/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/_openssl.abi3.so, 0x0002): symbol not found in flat namespace (_NETSCAPE_SPKI_b64_decode)

Project creation failed. Trying again. Say N to skip project creation.

Ross Scroggs

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Dustin,

The cryptography library that Gam uses was updated and broke the installer. I'm trying to figure out what wrong and fix it.

Send me a Meet/Zoom invitation.

Ross

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Martin Hunt

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Mar 28, 2023, 4:02:40 PM3/28/23

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I also have this error, watching this thread.

Martin Hunt

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Apr 4, 2023, 10:41:59 AM4/4/23

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Thanks to Ross!

The latest version update fixed this issue that Apple created!

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