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Hello!We just upgraded to a new version of python on Z using mini-conda. It worked great. The only issue we have is that pip doesn't seem to be included in the new install.  Is that correct? Is it hiding elsewhere or is this a DIY kind of thing where we'll have to download from elsewhere and install?  Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!!

My first glance at MiniConda. It appears to be customized on a single system installation concept. Historically we have installed the OpenSource tools easily into each products own ZFS dataset mounted on the maintenance path. Propagation to all the other systems occurred via DFDSS backup of said ZFS dataset to be restored and renamed as required on each target system.In simple terms can anyone document how this install/maintain/propagate process could be performed using MiniConda in Z/OS.I have started reading the User Manuals @ https://docs.conda.io and my initial impression is that it is similar in concept to APT in DEBIAN LINUX.Additionally what firewall rules would I need to get this working?RegardsBruce------------------------------Bruce HewsonCitibank------------------------------

I was asked to post this issue instead of IBM sales from Taiwan, anyone can help on it ? Thanks a lot.   Reusing 'git_version.h' and 'lib/Config_git.pl' ./miniperl -Ilib make_ext.pl cpan/Archive-Tar/pm_to_blib MAKE="make" LIBPERL_A =libperl.a make: Makefile: line 332: Warning -- FSUM9433 Duplicate entry ../../lib/auto/Ar chive/Tar/.exists in prerequisite list @ /Z23RA2/usr/lpp/perl/v524/cpan/Archive-Tar/../../miniperl "-I../../lib" "-I../ ../lib" -MExtUtils::Command -e 'mkpath' -- ../../lib/Archive @: FSUM7351 not found FSUM8226 make: Error code 127 make: Makefile: line 332: Warning -- FSUM9433 Duplicate entry ../../lib/auto/Ar chive/Tar/.exists in prerequisite list @ /Z23RA2/usr/lpp/perl/v524/cpan/Archive-Tar/../../miniperl "-I../../lib" "-I../ ../lib" -MExtUtils::Command -e 'mkpath' -- ../../lib/Archive @: FSUM7351 not found FSUM8226 make: Error code 127 Unsuccessful make(cpan/Archive-Tar): code=65280 at make_ext.pl line 569. FSUM8226 make: Error code 255    

Announcing the latest update for ChangeMan ZMF 8.2 Patch Update 5 Micro Focus is delighted to announce the latest patch update for our Software Change, Configuration, and Release Management on z/OS, ChangeMan ZMF 8.2. Patch update 5 was Generally Available at the end of March and is now ready for download. Release highlights include: REST enhancements New REST-enabled service to supply a standardized language identifier for all components  Enhancements to Release Queries Enhancements have been made to the QR command on a release, the QA command on a release area, and the QA command on a release application Micro Focus customers can access this latest release of ChangeMan ZMF from the Support Portal where you can also create and manage your support issues. You may also access the latest documentation for ChangeMan ZMF 8.2 Patch Update 5 here which includes details for the all the enhancements and fixes. Please continue to monitor our ChangeMan ZMF Community Page for the la

When installing miniconda via OMVS from a 3270 session there are many times when the INPUT indicator displays on the screen. If one presses ENTER then those enter commands are buffered resulting in a problem at this prompt:Configure to use Rocket's secure conda server? [Y/n] This prompt should require an explicit reply and not just accept a probably buffered enter to mean Y.Please------------------------------LionelDyck

What is the recommendation for how to deploy a specific level of Python, a specific level of Git, and a specific level of Bash to one lpar?  And then to deploy different levels of each to a different lpar?Do I create an environment for each lpar in its own filesystem (conda create -n lpar1 .....) and then deploy (aka copy) that filesystem to that lpar?  Then repeat for lpar2, etc. ?When I do that do I have to do a conda activate lpar1 on lpar1 or conda activate lpar2 on lpar2?Are there any gotcha's or concerns?------------------------------Lionel Dyck

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The Launch Talk about great timing!  Just four weeks after starting with the company, Micro Focus held their largest event of the year – Universe.  I was too new to be a presenter and everyone else was incredibly busy, so you might say I was left to take full advantage of the Universe by myself.  I hope you’ll enjoy seeing what the Universe looked like from my perspective. Let’s start our tour with CEO Stephen Murdoch’s opening keynote featuring Jaguar Racing’s Formula E.  Of course, he spoke about the effects of the pandemic, but I was most impressed with how he turned the challenges into opportunities for Micro Focus and our clients.  Businesses already knew that they needed to transform their technology, but the timer had run out.  The pandemic made adapting to the immediate issues and preparing for an increasingly “dynamic” future simultaneously urgent.  The time for digital transformation is now. My Galaxy: AMC Neil Fowler (VP and GM of AMC) mentioned two things that reall

I installed  sed and zip from public channel and discovered that the following JSON files are untagged - untagged T=off -rw-r--r-- 1 BPXROOT MVSBASIS 2111 Mar 26 09:46 ./conda-meta/sed-4.2.2-10.json- untagged T=off -rw-r--r-- 1 BPXROOT MVSBASIS 3548 Mar 26 09:35 ./conda-meta/zip-3.0-6.json- untagged T=off -rw-r--r-- 1 BPXROOT MVSBASIS 501 Mar 26 09:46 ./pkgs/sed-4.2.2-10/info/repodata_record.json- untagged T=off -rw-r--r-- 1 BPXROOT MVSBASIS 495 Mar 26 09:33 ./pkgs/zip-3.0-6/info/repodata_record.json They should be tagged as ISO8859-1. Or do I miss anything? -- Manfred------------------------------Manfred LotzIBM------------------------------

TPOFF:/rocket/new/bin: >conda install gitSolving environment: failedCondaHTTPError: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url <https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarch/repodata.json>Elapsed: 00:00.345067CF-RAY: 63837615bbb6eba1-LAXHello,Would like to check out your incarnation of git... all I need really.  So I went through the arduous task of installing miniconda.  Ugh.  Kind of a nightmare.After getting it installed, I configured things as exactly as I could and got the following error... suggesting that maybe a URL was invalid?Do I need to specify the Z/OS / OMVS architecture somewhere to get the web page to resolve properly?Regards,Thomas-----TPOFF:/rocket/new/bin: >conda install gitSolving environment: failedCondaHTTPError: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url <https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarch/repodata.json>Elapsed: 00:00.345067CF-RAY: 63837615bbb6eba1-LAXThe remote server could not find the noarch directory for therequested channel with url: https://anaconda.org/zos

Hi! very impressed with the openssl port for z/OS, and its very useful utilities like s_client, makes life easier. The version however is 3.5 years old… OpenSSL 1.0.2k 26 Jan 2017 Are we to expect a more recent build? Thanks, Marc

Hi, is there still a R for z/OS port distributed by Rocket?regards, Luc

Files from install of xz have strange shebangsHere some examples in bin/ directoryllzcmp:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashlzdiff:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashlzegrep:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashlzfgrep:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashlzgrep:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashlzless:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashlzmore:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzcmp:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzdiff:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzegrep:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzfgrep:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzgrep:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzless:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bashxzmore:#!/u/tsport/miniconda/bin/bash------------------------------Manfred LotzIBM------------------------------

I installed packages from zoss-appdev and noticed that permissions of installed files are 775 resp. 664 which is bad. Umask setting is 0022.Example of an installation commandonda install --channel https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev whichCould this be an error on my side or do you have the same permissions on your side?-- Manfred------------------------------Manfred LotzIBM------------------------------

Hi,I have curl 7.52.1 (i370-ibm-openedition) and it does not support PK12 certificaates, then I need to download the latest CURL for z/OS. I know that I can do with MINICONDA but the problem is it requires internet connectivity of our mianfarme to donwload. Is there another way to download and install CURL for z/OS.Thanks,Jose------------------------------jose munozibm poland------------------------------

Firstly great idea and impressive suite of tools . I just installed miniconda and was testing it purely for personal self study for now,  but Im having issues getting to the public Conda Server The documentation says to use this channel for public Conda server Rocket public conda channel for z/OS open source The channel https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev has been set up and is maintained by Rocket and is open and available to anyone.   I removed defaults and other repos from condarc /.condarc ***************************************** channels:   - https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev   /usr/rocketsw/miniconda/.condarc ******************************************** add_pip_as_python_dependency: False   conda info channel URLs : https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/zos-z                https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarch   conda search git Loading channels: failed       CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED for url <https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarch/repodata.json> Elapsed: -    

Good morning,I have install git using miniconda. This install process using miniconda is very easy, and I like how it sorts out the pre-reqs. Getting back to topic I am in the process of install zGIT, which is a ISPF, ZOWE and ZOSMF interface for Git. The problem I have is that as part of the customisation, I need to reference the directory where Rocket Software's Ported Tools was installed. I am not sure where this is as I can see references to Git in several bin directories. Any suggestions on where I should be looking? zGIT wants $GITBASE to be something like /usr/rocket/miniconda where I install both miniconda and git(through miniconda)Some of the directories match..... but not allThanksBen------------------------------Benjamin Thompsonz Client ArchitectIBM------------------------------

1: Downloaded miniconda-zos-1.2-2020-10-01.run 2: Downloaded appdev_bundle_1.03: Transferred binary mode to /rocket/miniconda ZFS FS on z/OS 2.34: chmod +x miniconda-zos-1.2-2020-10-01.run5: chtag -tc 819 appdev*6: ./miniconda-zos-1.2-2020-10-01.run --path /rocket/minicondaFails with error:********************************************************************************* Miniconda installation script is starting at 2021.03.19 13:54:24...********************************************************************************Checking miniconda instance...ERROR: directory '/rocket/miniconda' already exists, but doesn't contain miniconda instanceInstallation failed.What am i doing wrong?Thanks a lot

Heya,I'm getting zero luck (three zeroes to be precise) on downloading packages via conda from the 'free' channel.Setting the scene:z/OS 2.3 (ZD&T installation)Miniconda installed.Created a 'prod' environment.Then issued: conda install -vvv -c https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev python(had already installed python via download then --offline) ## Package Plan ## environment location: /zdo/conda/envs/prod added / updated specs: - python The following packages will be downloaded: package | build ---------------------------|----------------- openssl-1.0.2k | 5 6.4 MB zoss-appdev gettext-0.19.8.1 | 1 21.1 MB zoss-appdev python-3.7.0 | 26 28.7 MB zoss-appdev ncurses-6.1 | 10 4.0 MB zoss-appdev ------------------------------------------------------------

I'm having an issue on a test lpar with git for z/OS – both version 2.14 and the latest 2.26 ports.  I've looked at this as have several others without success.  When I attempt a git clone I get this error:  fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: ---Á   When I do a ssh git@github.com git-receive-pack lbdyck/qtab.git I get this: --ÄÁ---Ä--Ã----Ã-À--ÄÂÂ--Á-/ÄÁ-------À----/--ÊÁÃËÇÁ/ÀË_/ËÈÁÊÊÁø?ÊÈ-ËÈ/ÈÍË-ÊÁø?ÊÈ-ËÈ/ÈÍË-Î--ÀÁ%ÁÈÁ-ÊÁÃË-ËÑÀÁ-Â/>À---,-ÉÍÑÁÈ-/È?_ÑÄ-?à Ë-ÀÁ%È/-øÍËÇ-?øÈÑ?>Ë-?¦ÁÄÈ-Ã?Ê_/È-ËÇ/--/ÅÁ>È-ÅÑÈÅÑÈÇÍÂ-Å-ÃÃ-Ä/À----------                             If I do the same ssh git@github.com git-receive-pack lbdyck/qtab.git on one of my other systems it looks like this: 00ce342c27f0363f6d24cbb68e8ace7454218d4828a2 refs/heads/masterreport-status report-status-v2 delete-refs side-band-64k quiet atomic ofs-delta push-options object-format=sha1 agent=git/github-g2ff1cad44179   I have these in the environment: _BPXK_AUTOCVT=ON_CEE_RUNOPTS=FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSI

Hello AllI need guidance on how to connect data Virtualization to Python.as per my understanding, Below Packages only support via zos-z, not for the window , Please guide  IzODA / packages / dsdbc 0.1.8------------------------------Badal BadalTechnical Project Manager | Technical Solution Architect | Legacy System Modernization ArchitectCapgemini Canada Inc------------------------------

Hello,I am trying to install from the appdev_manifest_1.1.1.txt file and getting the following errors:(Rocket-1.1.1) (AQHO)NEILSX:/u/neilsx(!):>umask 022<.org/zoss-appdev --file /u/neils/rocket-downloads/appdev_manifest_1.1.1_Feb_22.binSolving environment: failedPackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:- unzip==6.0=12- curl==7.73.0=0- sed==4.2.2=12- python==3.7.0=30- bzip2==1.0.8=0- openssl==1.1.1h=12- libssh2==1.8.0=4- zip==3.0=10- make==4.3=3- sudo==1.8.21p2=7- libtag==1.7=0Current channels:- https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/zos-z- https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarch- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/zos-z- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/zos-z- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/noarch- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/zos-z- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/zos-z- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/noarchTo search for alte

Hi all,I've successfully installed PHP v5.4.4 into my OMVS environment and I've also successfully created an instance of IHS (IBM_HTTP_Server/9.0.0.6) in my z/OS 2.3 environment. I'm at a loss when it comes to integrating PHP into that HTTP server instance. I know there will need to be changes to my httpd.conf and that I'll have to create some sort of php.cgi file, but I cannot find any specifics when it comes to this. Does anyone have some basic PHP/IHS integration documentation which would at least get me to a point where a index.php page would successfully get parsed by the PHP engine?Thanks for any help or guidance,Andrew------------------------------Andrew ArentsenAcuity Insurance------------------------------

My environment is z/OS 2.3 with IBM Apache HTTP Server (Version 9).  I installed the latest version of PHP (7.0.5) using Rocket's Miniconda package manager. I tested it from the OMVS Shell and it works fine. I queried it for the version it is currently and it comes back with the correct response (7.0.1) and so on and so forth.The trouble I am having is getting to connect to PHP from the HTTP Server. I am new to PHP and I tried to understand from the distributed world on how the two are paired together, i.e. Apache Server and PHP. It seems to be fairly straight forward in that world. There seem to be two ways of invoking PHP with Apache (1) PHP as Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) application and the other as Common Gateway Interface (CGI).  The recommended way seems to be the DSO.  To go the DSO way some directives in Apache need to be set like the LoadModule Directive which looks like LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/apache/lib/lipphp5.so​ But I can't seem to find any m

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