Linux install script fails #32609
Description
Describe the bug
The "Install script (any)" documented here fails on my CachyOS (based on Arch linux) system.
Related command
curl -L https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCli | bash
Errors
ERROR: The executable /home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli/bin/python3 is not functioning
ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is '/usr' (should be '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli')
ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executableIssue script & Debug output
[redacteduser@redactedhost ~]$ curl -L https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCli | bash
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
100 1405 100 1405 0 0 3948 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3948
Downloading Azure CLI install script from https://azurecliprod.blob.core.windows.net/install.py to /tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW.
######################################################################## 100.0%
/tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW: OK
Running install script.
-- Verifying Python version.
-- Python version 3.13.11 okay.
-- Verifying native dependencies.
-- Unable to verify native dependencies. dist=cachyos linux, version=None. Continuing...
===> In what directory would you like to place the install? (leave blank to use '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli'):
-- Creating directory '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli'.
-- We will install at '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli'.
===> In what directory would you like to place the 'az' executable? (leave blank to use '/home/redacteduser/bin'):
-- The executable will be in '/home/redacteduser/bin'.
-- Downloading virtualenv package from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-16.7.11.tar.gz.
-- Downloaded virtualenv package to /tmp/tmpfceocy83/virtualenv-16.7.11.tar.gz.
-- Checksum of /tmp/tmpfceocy83/virtualenv-16.7.11.tar.gz OK.
-- Extracting '/tmp/tmpfceocy83/virtualenv-16.7.11.tar.gz' to '/tmp/tmpfceocy83'.
/tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW:139: DeprecationWarning: Python 3.14 will, by default, filter extracted tar archives and reject files or modify their metadata. Use the filter argument to control this behavior.
package_tar.extractall(path=tmp_dir)
-- Executing: ['/usr/bin/python3', 'virtualenv.py', '--python', '/usr/bin/python3', '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli']
Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python3
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in /home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli/bin/python3
Also creating executable in /home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli/bin/python
ERROR: The executable /home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli/bin/python3 is not functioning
ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is '/usr' (should be '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli')
ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW", line 415, in <module>
main()
~~~~^^
File "/tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW", line 399, in main
create_virtualenv(tmp_dir, install_dir)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW", line 144, in create_virtualenv
exec_command(cmd, cwd=working_dir)
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/azure_cli_install_tmp_xJV0xW", line 105, in exec_command
subprocess.check_call(command_list, cwd=cwd, env=env)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 419, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/usr/bin/python3', 'virtualenv.py', '--python', '/usr/bin/python3', '/home/redacteduser/lib/azure-cli']' returned non-zero exit status 100.Expected behavior
Install script succeeds
Environment Summary
Not applicable - if I could get the version of the azure CLI, I wouldn't be opening this issue.
Additional context
No response