On 18-12-2024 20:11, Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote:
> On Wed 18/Dec/2024 18:26:53 +0100 Nick wrote:
>> On 18-12-2024 10:48, Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> I installed docker and tried to run it.  (I use -----begin---- and
>>> ----- end----- markers for clarity.)
>>>
>>> -----begin-----
>>> ale@pcale:~$ docker run hello-world
>>> docker: permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker
>>> daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post
>>> "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/ v1.24/containers/create": dial
>>> unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied.
>>> -----end-----
>>> [...]
>>
>> I use docker on a large scale but only with images i have build
>> myself. The error you show is a Python one.//Python's advise is to
>> the use the distro specific package in your case python3-olefile
>> which you install with apt.
>
>
> Hm.. olefile and oletools are different things, albeit by the same
> author.  For the time being I use pip3's --target option to install in
> /usr/local.
>
> The failed attempt was to demonstrate that pip3 is aware of
> externally-managed-environment while docker is not.
>
>
>> Another available feature is that you can run docker rootless which
>> is very useful for most usecases. Only a fraction of the docker
>> containers need root to run.
>
>
> I have the docker group, nevertheless I get
> docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API
> version: ('Connection aborted.', PermissionError(13, 'Permission
> denied'))
>
> I would rather run the package without docker...
>
>
> Best
> Ale

Yup I see only Fedora has a oletools package, maybe installable with alien.

Docker is not different when using pip3 it gives the same warning as
installing it on bare metal. And you have the same escape using
--break-system-packages.
The PermissionError 13 is a filesystem access error: Docker has no
access to the directory or file.