Conda package for 1.99 not working properly

[heylf]

I tried to install shorah via bioconda (conda install -c biconda shorah) and executing shorah will give the following error:

`pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'shorah' distribution was not found and is required by the application

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File .../miniconda3/envs/shorah/bin/shorah", line 11, in
from shorah.cli import main
File ".../miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/shorah/cli.py", line 53, in
with open(os.path.join(base_dir, '.version'), 'r') as version_file:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '..../miniconda3/envs/shorah/.version'
`

[DrYak]

Hello, and thank you for posting your concerns.

Well, that is really weird, as the bioconda package is what we are currently using in production in V-pipe with SARA-CoV-2 sequencing data.

Something must have changed in the lastest miniconda version as I can't reproduce your error message on my production installation, but I do get the exact same message when attempting to use it using a clean installation in a docker of Ubuntu:stable.

I'll try to investigate it more in detail tomorrow.

[DrYak]

Hello Heylf,

sorry for the slow answer, we're currently having some major computation trouble here, so I had less time to devote to your issue.

Meanwhile, upstream conda have again changed something because now the package works again and I am unable reproduce the problem in the Ubuntu:stable docker using the exact same sequence as last time. :-(

I'll try to investigate it as I get some free time aside from our other problems.

[DrYak]

Can you give it a try on your side and tell me if you're still affected ?

And what platform are you using ?
Linux installation running on bare metal? VM? Docker? WSL1/2 in windows 10?
And which distribution ?

[heylf]

Hey DrYak,
I tried it again, but it still fails. I am using Ubuntu 18.04.3, no VM or docker, with a new miniconda3 environment for shorah.

I tried it now to install it directly in the base of miniconda3 and it works. Seems like it does not work if you create an own env for shorah.

[bgruening]

Same here:

Verifying transaction: done
Executing transaction: done
#
# To activate this environment, use
#
#     $ conda activate shorah
#
# To deactivate an active environment, use
#
#     $ conda deactivate

bag@bag:~$ . activate shorah
(shorah) bag@bag:~$ shorah --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/shorah/cli.py", line 50, in <module>
    __version__ = get_distribution('shorah').version
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 482, in get_distribution
    dist = get_provider(dist)
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 358, in get_provider
    return working_set.find(moduleOrReq) or require(str(moduleOrReq))[0]
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 901, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 787, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'shorah' distribution was not found and is required by the application

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/bin/shorah", line 11, in <module>
    from shorah.cli import main
  File "/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/lib/python3.6/site-packages/shorah/cli.py", line 53, in <module>
    with open(os.path.join(base_dir, '.version'), 'r') as version_file:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/bag/miniconda3/envs/shorah/.version'

[bgruening]

It seems to work in the conda root dir, but this is not how it should work :)

[DrYak]

Note: @pedrofale and @kpj are giving me a hand on this one.

[kpj]

This behavior is potentially fixed in #73.

[bgruening]

@bgruening cool, thanks. We can give it a new try as soon as there is a new release. Thanks.

[DrYak]

Update: current test package is passing CircleCI tests on both Linux and Mac OS X.
Just need the colleagues to finish the code review and I can push the final package.

[DrYak]

@bgruening has merged the 1.99.1 bioconda package.
It should be appearing on bioconda soon.

@heylf : could you give it a try again ?

[bgruening]

@DrYak you just need to bump https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/blob/master/tools/shorah/shorah.xml#L5

Btw. do you have a list with new parameters or new inputs/outputs compared to the older version?