Could not identify OS distribution

[katerinachat]

Hello,

I'm trying to install DSS on elementary OS (built on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS), but I keep getting the following error

[+] Creating data directory: DATA_DIR
[+] Saving installation log to /home/katerina/DATA_DIR/run/install.log
[+] Using Java at /usr/bin/java : java version "1.8.0_161"
[+] Checking required dependencies
*** Could not identify OS distribution

[-] Dependency check failed

I have also tried -without-java, but it still cannot identify OS distribution.

Do you have any recommendations? Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Katerina.

[Clément_Stenac · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Elementary OS is not a supported Linux distribution for DSS.

You can try the following (run from the DSS installation directory)

* Install dependencies by forcing OS detection: sudo -i ./scripts/install/install-deps.sh -os ubuntu 16.04

* Then run the normal DSS installation procedure without dependency check: add "-n" to the arguments of installer.sh

[katerinachat]

Thank you that worked without the "-i" in the first command

[RA]

Hello,

This command line did not work for linux mint 19.1, do you have other alternative?

Thanks

[Clément_Stenac]

Hi,

You'll need to install dependencies substantially equivalent to the normal requirements on supported OS: see https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/installation/new_instance.html#red-hat-centos-oracle-linux-distri...for an indicative list

Then you need to run the installer.sh with "-n" flag to ignore dependencies check