beta08 install fails with "Fail to set active product"

[leggett__charles]

When trying to install beta08 I get an error "Fail to set active product", and after exit a corrupted xterm where characters are not echoed to screen, requiring a reset of the terminal.

> wget https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/irc_nas/16859/l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970.sh
--2020-08-06 09:43:13-- https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/irc_nas/16859/l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970.sh
Resolving registrationcenter-download.intel.com (registrationcenter-download.intel.com)... 104.86.184.5
Connecting to registrationcenter-download.intel.com (registrationcenter-download.intel.com)|104.86.184.5|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16323754 (16M) [application/x-sh]
Saving to: ‘l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970.sh’

100%[================================================================================>] 16,323,754 98.5MB/s in 0.2s

2020-08-06 09:43:13 (98.5 MB/s) - ‘l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970.sh’ saved [16323754/16323754]

> sh ./l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970.sh -x -f tmp
Extract l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970 to tmp/l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970...
[#######################################################################################################################]
Extract l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970 completed!
Extracted to tmp/l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970

> cd tmp/l_BaseKit_b_2021.1.8.1970

> sudo ./install.sh --cli
[sudo] password for USER: 
Checking system requirements...
Done.
Wait while preparing installer...
Done.
Launching installer...
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
Fail to set active product.

the last line actually appears at the top of the terminal.

I was actually able to do the install correctly ONCE, but it got installed in /opt/intel/oneapi, as opposed to /opt/intel/inteloneapi where all the other releases went. I deleted the directory, and tried again, at which point all succeeding installs have failed. 

[leggett__charles]

After a little sleuthing, I see that there are some log files written to /tmp/leggett/intel_oneapi_installer/2020.08.06_10.11.44.424

(Why are these not in the local directory, or referenced in some way????)

in the installer.XXX.log file I see:

08/06/2020 10:11:46:770 : 030705 : ERROR : Product with id: 'intel.oneapi.lin.basekit.product', version: '2021.1-1970.beta08', language: '' is already installed, can't proceed to '1' mode.

but of course, this is wrong. it's not installed.

I also see it's writing stuff to /var/intel/installercache

Why is this not mentioned anywhere???

Removing this directory allowed the installation to proceed.

Note that the install created 30 directories in /tmp, but didn't clean them up. It also left 3.2 GB in /var/intel/install

[AbhishekD_Intel]

Hi,

Can you please try deleting all the directories especially /opt/intel/oneapi and also the related directories created inside /tmp/... and again start the installation. It seems that you have not completely uninstalled the beta-08 toolkit from /opt/intel/oneapi directory.

Please note that the base toolkit beta-08 will get install in /opt/intel/oneapi directory. Whereas if you have beta-07 it will be in /opt/intel/inteloneapi (unless you haven't uninstall/removed from inteloneapi directory). The default path of the beta-08 toolkit has changed please refer to the below link for more details.

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/installation-guide-for-intel-oneapi-toolkits.html

Do update us if you have any issues.

Warm Regards,

Abhishek

[leggett__charles]

removing /opt/intel/oneapi and the multitude of directories the install created in in /tmp is insufficient. You need to remove the directories in /var/intel/installercache which are only mentioned in one of the log files which is hidden in /tmp.

[AbhishekD_Intel]

Hi,

You will have to remove all the associated directories from /intel as well as /tmp (installer cache, package manager, and all associated files). And then try the installation it will work.

Please note the default install directory for the beta-08 toolkit is /opt/intel/oneapi

Warm Regards,

Abhishek

[AbhishekD_Intel]

Hi,

Please update us on the provided details. Also, update if you are still having issues while installing the toolkit.

Warm Regards,

Abhishek

[AbhishekD_Intel]

Hi,

Please give us an update on your issue.

Warm Regards,

Abhishek

[AbhishekD_Intel]

Hi,

We are no longer monitoring this thread as you haven't shown up from a long time. We are assuming that the provided solution helped you.

Warm Regards,

Abhishek