python3.6-distutils not found on Ubuntu 16.04 w/ deadsnakes PPA

[jeffbyrnes]

This is meant as an FYI, not an issue to solve in this cookbook.

My team encountered an issue with the python3.6-distutils package (added in 861bf06) on Ubuntu 16.04 while using the deadsnakes PPA to pick up Python 3.6.

While this cookbook doesn’t directly support using the deadsnakes PPA, it works well enough like so:

apt_repository 'deadsnakes' do
  uri 'ppa:deadsnakes/ppa'
  components ['main']
  distribution node['lsb']['codename']
end

python_runtime '3.6' do
  options package_name: 'python3.6'
end

But it should be noted that the 18.04 hacks break this. Hopefully this helps someone in the future!

[parthasaradhikonda]

is this still persists?

[parthasaradhikonda]

python_runtime 'myapp' do
    provider :system
    version '3'
end

python_virtualenv "venv" do
    path "#{common_data['virtualenv_path']}"
    user 'ubuntu'
    python 'myapp'
end

pip_requirements "#{common_data['requirements_path']}" do
    path "#{common_data['requirements_path']}"
    python 'myapp'
    virtualenv 'venv'
    user 'ubuntu'
end

STDOUT:
x.x.x.x STDERR: Traceback (most recent call last):
x.x.x.x   File "<stdin>", line 42, in <module>
x.x.x.x AttributeError: type object 'InstallRequirement' has no attribute 'from_line'
x.x.x.x ---- End output of ["/home/ubuntu/env1/inmail1/bin/python", "-", "setuptools"] ----
x.x.x.x Ran ["/home/ubuntu/env1/inmail1/bin/python", "-", "setuptools"] returned 1

[jeffbyrnes]

@pkondainmar I couldn’t say for sure, but maybe?

This could also be the same as what #140 documents.