Issue with "zypper install stunnel"

eleyzhu · August 27, 2019, 2:39pm

When I try to install the stunnel into the SUSE linux, I got the below response information:

[CODE]bash-4.4# zypper install -l -y stunnel
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…

Problem: nothing provides group(nogroup) needed by stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64
Solution 1: do not install stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64
Solution 2: break stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): c[/CODE]

anyone can tell me the problem “nothing provides group(nogroup)” means exactly what? how to fix?
I have tried to add nogroup by command “groupadd nogroup”, seems not help.

thanks.

Eugen · August 27, 2019, 4:16pm

Hi and welcome to the forum!

What release are you using? That error message usually points to inconsistent repository configuration. Can you share more information?

cat /etc/os-release zypper lr -d zypper se -s stunnel

eleyzhu · August 27, 2019, 4:47pm

[QUOTE=eblock;58362]Hi and welcome to the forum!

What release are you using? That error message usually points to inconsistent repository configuration. Can you share more information?

cat /etc/os-release zypper lr -d zypper se -s stunnel[/QUOTE]

Hi, thanks, below are the output.

bash-4.4# cat /etc/os-release
NAME=“SLES”
VERSION=“15”
VERSION_ID=“15”
PRETTY_NAME=“SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15”
ID=“sles”
ID_LIKE=“suse”
ANSI_COLOR=“0;32”
CPE_NAME=“cpe:/o:suse:sles:15”
bash-4.4# zypper lr -d
Repository priorities are without effect. All enabled repositories share the same priority.

| Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

–±------------------±------------------------------------------±--------±----------±--------±---------±-------±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | LDC-CBO-SLES | LDC-CBO-SLES | Yes | ( ) No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | https://arm.rnd.ki.sw.ericsson.se/artifactory/proj-ldc-repo-rpm-local/common_base_os/sles/2.0.0-4?ssl_verify=no |
2 | network_utilities | Network Utilities (SLE_15) | Yes | ( ) No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/utilities/SLE_15/ |
3 | security_Stunnel | Stunnel – Universal SSL Wrapper (SLE-15) | Yes | ( ) No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/Stunnel/SLE-15/ |
bash-4.4# zypper se -s stunnel
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

Eugen · August 27, 2019, 5:19pm

I found this in a openSUSE thread, reporting the same issue. It seems as if you’re missing some packages that aren’t provided. One post suggests to install system-user-nobody.
Do you have access to the SLE-15-Packages.iso? You could attach that to the server and add it as a repository, then retry the installation.

eleyzhu · August 28, 2019, 10:51am

hi,

Thanks for all of your help.
Maybe I need make more clear about what I am doing.

Actually I try to install the stunnel in one docker image which based on SUSE sles:15 OS.
From the website https://software.opensuse.org/downlo…ackage=stunnel , I found

For SLE-15 run the following as root:

Code:
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:Stunnel/SLE-15/security:Stunnel.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install stunnel

but when run this “zypper install stunnel”, I got the issue

bash-4.4# zypper install -l -y stunnel
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…

Problem: nothing provides group(nogroup) needed by stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64
Solution 1: do not install stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64
Solution 2: break stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): c

I wonder how to fix this “nothing provides group(nogroup)” problem, I have tried “groupadd nogroup”, seems no help.

maybe the https://download.opensuse.org/reposi…y:Stunnel.repo is not right choice for the sles:15 ?

but can somehow fix this nogroup issue manually before run “zypper install stunnel”?

Eugen · August 28, 2019, 11:39am

Hi,

your docker image seems to be missing the ‘system-user-nobody’ package. This is a dependency for ‘stunnel’, without it you won’t be able to install without breaking that dependency (Solution 2: break stunnel-5.49-37.14.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies).
I was able to reproduce your issue on a sles15-sp1 virtual machine by removing the package and trying to reinstall stunnel:

[CODE]test2:~ # zypper rm system-user-nobody
[…]
Resolving package dependencies…

The following package is going to be REMOVED:
system-user-nobody

1 package to remove.
After the operation, 116.0 B will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/v/…? shows all options] (y):
(1/1) Removing system-user-nobody-20170617-4.155.noarch …[done]

test2:~ # zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/Stunnel/SLE-15/ stunnel
test2:~ # zypper ref

test2:~ # zypper in stunnel
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…

Problem: nothing provides group(nogroup) needed by stunnel-5.49-35.1.x86_64
Solution 1: do not install stunnel-5.49-35.1.x86_64
Solution 2: break stunnel-5.49-35.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c):

test2:~ # zypper mr -e 1
Repository ‘SLES15-SP1-15.1-0’ has been successfully enabled.

test2:~ # zypper in stunnel
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…

The following 2 NEW packages are going to be installed:
stunnel system-user-nobody

The following package has no support information from its vendor:
stunnel

2 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 178.7 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 292.0 KiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/…? shows all options] (y):
Retrieving package system-user-nobody-20170617-4.155.noarch (1/2), 10.4 KiB ( 116 B unpacked)
Retrieving package stunnel-5.49-35.1.x86_64 (2/2), 168.3 KiB (291.9 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: stunnel-5.49-35.1.x86_64.rpm …[done (12.6 KiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts: …[done]
(1/2) Installing: system-user-nobody-20170617-4.155.noarch …[done]
Additional rpm output:
groupadd -r -g 65533 nogroup
groupadd -r -g 65534 nobody
useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin -c “nobody” -g nobody -d /var/lib/nobody -u 65534 nobody
usermod -a -G nogroup nobody
usermod: no changes

(2/2) Installing: stunnel-5.49-35.1.x86_64 …[done]
[/CODE]

So in conclusion your docker image seems to be corrupted or falsely installed, the package ‘system-user-nobody’ is part of the minimal-base-system. After re-enabling the sles iso as a repo the dependency can be resolved and ‘system-user-nobody’ is reinstalled.

Regards,
Eugen

eleyzhu · August 28, 2019, 12:32pm

[QUOTE=eblock;58375]Hi,