{"record":{"id":"33a74ac6e9cce885","repo":"abiosoft/colima","slug":"error-occurred-installing-dependencies-for-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error occurred installing dependencies for '%s': %w","messagePattern":"error occurred installing dependencies for '(.+?)': %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"daemon/process/process.go","lineNumber":78,"sourceCode":"\tfor _, process := range p {\n\t\tdeps, _ := process.Dependencies()\n\t\tfor _, d := range deps {\n\t\t\tif !d.Installed() {\n\t\t\t\treturn false\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn true\n}\n\nfunc (p processDeps) Install(host environment.HostActions) error {\n\tfor _, process := range p {\n\t\tdeps, _ := process.Dependencies()\n\t\tfor _, d := range deps {\n\t\t\tif !d.Installed() {\n\t\t\t\tif err := d.Install(host); err != nil {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error occurred installing dependencies for '%s': %w\", process.Name(), err)\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":60,"sourceCodeEnd":86,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/c3a5f9184d83a197184f897a9f07eb3c01b3bc88/daemon/process/process.go#L60-L86","documentation":"processDeps.Install walks every daemon process's Dependencies() and calls Install on any dependency whose Installed() is false — for colima this means the sudoers file (embedded.InstallSudoers), the vmnet binaries extracted into /opt/colima, and the /opt/colima/run directory. The first failure wraps as \"error occurred installing dependencies for '<process name>'\"; on a first rootful start '<name>' is almost always 'vmnet'.","triggerScenarios":"first `colima start --network-address`: the interactive sudo prompt canceled or mistyped during the RunInteractive('sudo ...') steps; tar extraction into /opt/colima failing; /opt/colima not creatable due to prior root-owned partial installs.","commonSituations":"aborting at the password prompt; sudoers misconfiguration blocking the scripted commands; leftovers in /opt/colima from a failed earlier attempt.","solutions":["retry `colima start --network-address` and complete the sudo password prompt when it appears","verify the sudoers entry exists and is intact: sudo cat /etc/sudoers.d/colima","clean a partial install then retry: sudo rm -rf /opt/colima","check the wrapped cause — it names which step (retrieving embedded file, temp file, mkdir, extraction) failed"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"deps, root := process.Dependencies(procs...)\nif !deps.Installed() {\n    if root {\n        fmt.Println(\"sudo prompt upcoming — do not cancel\")\n    }\n    if err := deps.Install(host); err != nil {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"dependency install failed: %w\", err)\n    }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"if err := deps.Install(host); err != nil {\n    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"error occurred installing dependencies for\") {\n        // read inner cause: canceled sudo prompt vs tar failure vs /opt/colima perms;\n        // retry is safe — Install is idempotent (Installed() gate)\n    }\n}","preventionTips":["complete the interactive sudo prompt on first rootful start; do not Ctrl-C it","after a failed first attempt, clean partial state: sudo rm -rf /opt/colima, then retry","verify /etc/sudoers.d/colima exists after install so later runs need no prompt"],"tags":["dependencies","sudo","installation","vmnet"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"c3a5f9184d83a197184f897a9f07eb3c01b3bc88","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T18:58:08.334Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}