Installation fails on Ubuntu 22.04 with cast 0.16.22

[packetchef]

Install seems to be failing on indxparse, though indxparse also seems to be at least partially installed as /opt/indxparse exists. I have been able to reproduce this multiple times on both Ubuntu 22.04.

I have a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 EC2 instance:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy
$ uname -a
Linux siftworkstation 6.8.0-1031-aws #33~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 26 14:22:30 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I have downloaded latest release of cast:

$ cast --version
cast version v0.16.22

I start an install of SIFT:

$ sudo cast install teamdfir/sift
WARN[0000] using unauthenticated github client, could result in API rate limiting
INFO[0000] checking operating system support             component=distro owner=teamdfir repo=sift-saltstack
INFO[0000] operating system is supported                 component=distro owner=teamdfir repo=sift-saltstack
INFO[0000] rendering manifest                            component=distro owner=teamdfir repo=sift-saltstack
INFO[0000] distro validated successfully                 command=install
INFO[0000] downloading archive file                      component=distro owner=teamdfir repo=sift-saltstack version=v2025.06.19
<snip>

I see some successful indxparse related installs during the process:

<snip>
INFO[0509] state completed                               component=installer duration=11316.714 state=python3-wxgtk4.0 time_begin="18:40:26.523655" time_end="18:40:37.840370"
INFO[0512] state completed                               component=installer duration=3644.543 state=/opt/indxparse time_begin="18:40:37.849801" time_end="18:40:41.494343"
INFO[0518] state completed                               component=installer duration=2754.374 state=/opt/java-idx-parser time_begin="18:40:44.083911" time_end="18:40:46.838285"
<snip>

However, install issues a warning about indxparse and ends with a "completed but has failed states" error:

WARN[2735] first failed state                            comment="One or more requisite failed: sift.python3-packages.indxparse.sift-python3-package-indxparse" component=installer run_num=72 sls=sift.python3-packages.indxparse
INFO[2735] statistics                                    component=installer failed=16 success=782 total=798
INFO[2735] salt-call completed but had failed states     component=installer
FATA[2735] salt-call completed but had failed states

I can see in saltstack.log (attached, line 916) where cast notes that indxparse may already be installed with a "Requirement already satisfied" error. I am not sure if that's an actually impactful error, but later in the log line 985 indicates there was an actual installation problem with indxparse:

TypeError: canonicalize_version() got an unexpected keyword argument 'strip_trailing_zero'

saltstack.log

[digitalsleuth]

Hi @packetchef , this appears to originate with the requirement of fusepy for INDxparse, and typically is caused by an outdated version of packaging not being compatible with the existing version of setuptools and wheel. However, during the installation it seems like all of these (setuptools, wheel, and packaging) are compatible versions. I'll take a look at it to see what can be done to resolve this.

[ekristen]

I just did a full build with no issues. @packetchef can you check it out and see what you see. Thanks.

[packetchef]

I just did a full build with no issues. @packetchef can you check it out and see what you see. Thanks.

Can do, will retest today or tomorrow.

[packetchef]

@ekristen I did a fresh install and it mostly succeeded this time. The previous issue with sift-python3-package-indxparse is no longer present and that step completed successfully.
Looks like Image-ExifTool is pinned to 13.38 in https://github.com/teamdfir/sift-saltstack/blob/master/sift/scripts/exiftool.sls though:

{% set exiftool_version = '13.38' -%}

And that is no longer available for download, which causes that install to fail:

# [INFO    ] Running state [/var/cache/sift/archives/Image-ExifTool-13.38.tar.gz] at time 14:44:11.497334
# [INFO    ] Executing state file.managed for [/var/cache/sift/archives/Image-ExifTool-13.38.tar.gz]
# [ERROR   ] Failed to cache https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-13.38.tar.gz: Error: HTTP 404: Not Found reading /Image-ExifTool-13.38.tar.gz
# [INFO    ] Completed state [/var/cache/sift/archives/Image-ExifTool-13.38.tar.gz] at time 14:44:11.799454 (duration_in_ms=302.119)
# [INFO    ] Running state [perl Makefile.PL] at time 14:44:11.808795
# [INFO    ] Executing state cmd.run for [perl Makefile.PL]
# [ERROR   ] Desired working directory "/usr/local/src/exiftool-13.38/Image-ExifTool-13.38/" is not available
# [INFO    ] Completed state [perl Makefile.PL] at time 14:44:11.810029 (duration_in_ms=1.234)

Semi-related, what is the expected duration for an installation? I've been averaging 50+ minutes on EC2 with 4 vCPU and 16gb RAM and the full force of AWS egress networking.