Test Validator bzip2 error

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#1

When trying to start test validator on win10, I get the following error:

“ERROR solana_ledger::blockstore] tar stderr: tar: Can’t launch external program: bzip2”

Full output is:

D:\Entwicklung>solana-test-validator
logging to file is not supported on this platform
[2021-10-26T18:41:44.957904400Z WARN solana_perf] CUDA is disabled
[2021-10-26T18:41:44.958175100Z INFO solana_perf] AVX detected
[2021-10-26T18:41:44.958297500Z INFO solana_perf] AVX2 detected
[2021-10-26T18:41:45.002285900Z INFO solana_faucet::faucet] Faucet started. Listening on: 0.0.0.0:9900
[2021-10-26T18:41:45.002544200Z INFO solana_faucet::faucet] Faucet account address: AmGDbFQDBHeE3J6UtM9STWsrncpqmNsMxGqruMYyqeq5
Ledger location: test-ledger
Log: test-ledger\validator.log
⠉ Initializing…
⠄ Initializing…
[2021-10-26T18:41:49.373527800Z INFO solana_ledger::blockstore] “test-ledger\rocksdb” open took 4.2s
[2021-10-26T18:41:49.377208500Z INFO solana_metrics::metrics] metrics disabled: SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG: environment variable not found
[2021-10-26T18:41:49.377641700Z INFO solana_metrics::metrics] datapoint: shred_insert_is_full total_time_ms=0i slot=0i ⠠ Initializing…
[2021-10-26T18:41:49.841220300Z ERROR solana_ledger::blockstore] tar stdout:
[2021-10-26T18:41:49.841446300Z ERROR solana_ledger::blockstore] tar stderr: tar: Can’t launch external program: bzip2
Error: failed to start validator: Failed to create ledger at test-ledger: blockstore error

#2

Hi @ijuedt and welcome to the forum!

It sounds like you need to install bzip2, or you could install the Solana CLI inside of a WSL ( Windows Subsystem for Linux ) shell instead, which will come with bzip2.

I would probably recommend using WSL.

Let me know if you have any other questions about it!

#3

Hi @zicklag ,

thanks for your reply! I’ve already deployed bzip2, maybe it’s only a matter of configuring solana to use it - for this, I didn’t find documentation, maybe I overlooked soomething. As far as possible, I’d like to keep my Windows deployment as other parts of my installation run already well and I’m not that much used to a Linux environment.

#4

Fair enough. :+1: :slight_smile:

In that case, are you able to run bzip2 on the windows commandline?

#5

Thanks for the hint! Turns out I had to fix the path variable manually for bzip2. It’s not set on installation, neither of Solana nor of a separate bzip2, so win10 setup the latter seems to be sloppy.

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#6

Could you please tell me how you added bzip2 to the path variable?, I´m facing the same issue.

#7

I don’t have a windows machine to test, but I’ve done it before, and it can be done from the windows settings. Maybe google “add to windows PATH” or something like that. It’s not too difficult.