PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'db'

[argosopentech]

I sometimes see this error but it doesn't seem to cause issues.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/bin/libretranslate", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libretranslate/main.py", line 192, in main
    app = create_app(args)
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libretranslate/app.py", line 1069, in create_app
    Session(app)
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/flask_session/__init__.py", line 54, in __init__
    self.init_app(app)
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/flask_session/__init__.py", line 61, in init_app
    app.session_interface = self._get_interface(app)
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/flask_session/__init__.py", line 90, in _get_interface
    session_interface = FileSystemSessionInterface(
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/flask_session/sessions.py", line 322, in __init__
    self.cache = FileSystemCache(cache_dir, threshold=threshold, mode=mode)
  File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cachelib/file.py", line 65, in __init__
    os.makedirs(self._path)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 215, in makedirs
    makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'db'

[manuelkamp]

I get the same error when trying to install a newer version

[danielmnb1]

does not work with this user

only skip the part of adding the user

and in the libretranslate.service file

user and group = root

and in nginx = the ip of the server

and it should work

[danielmnb1]

solution 2

create dir in /home/libretranslate/db

ready

[manuelkamp]

No, this does not solve it. I created directory /home/libretranslate/db (but there is one in /home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/db already, where it should be).

I cannot skip part of adding user, because it is installed in python venv and not in root.

[manuelkamp]

OK, this is how i got the update working (note that it is now running under root venv and not libretranslate user anymore):

su libretranslate
sudo systemctl stop libretranslate
cp /root/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/libretranslate/templates/index.html /tmp/index.html
rm -rf ~/LibreTranslate
exit
git clone https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate.git ~/LibreTranslate
virtualenv ~/LibreTranslate/env
~/LibreTranslate/env/bin/pip install gunicorn
~/LibreTranslate/env/bin/pip install ~/LibreTranslate/ --no-cache-dir
~/LibreTranslate/env/bin/pip uninstall beautifulsoup4
~/LibreTranslate/env/bin/pip install beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
~/LibreTranslate/env/bin/libretranslate
nano /etc/systemd/system/libretranslate.service
edit and change user/path from /home/libretranslate to /root (don't forget to adapt to your url!):

[Unit]
Description=LibreTranslate WSGI with Gunicorn and Nginx
After=network.target

[Service]
User=root
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/root/LibreTranslate
Environment="PATH=/root/LibreTranslate/env/bin"
ExecStart=/root/LibreTranslate/env/bin/gunicorn --workers 3 --bind unix:libretranslate.sock -m 007 wsgi:app(api_keys=True, req_limit="5", batch_limit="2", get_api_key_link="https://translate.somedomain.com/get-api-key")
Restart=always
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=mixed
TimeoutStopSec=1

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl daemon-reload
cp /tmp/index.html /root/LibreTranslate/libretranslate/templates/index.html
systemctl start libretranslate
systemctl enable libretranslate
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Also change home to root here (don't forget to adapt to your url!):

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost translate.someserver.com;

    location / {
        include proxy_params;
        proxy_pass http://unix:/root/LibreTranslate/libretranslate.sock;
    }
}

nginx -t
systemctl restart nginx

for future updates just skip the first line (and later the "exit" command).

PS: it may be necessary to run nginx as root for this to work.

[falves1]

creating the directory /home/libretranslate/db does not allow the installation. Is there a real solution?
"Building wheels for collected packages: libretranslate
Building wheel for libretranslate (PEP 517) ... done
Created wheel for libretranslate: filename=libretranslate-1.5.5-py3-none-any.whl size=632627 sha256=d033f1f7e2f116978093177884054b4ab380fa804c6a953244b27a7bb2e9d4a9
Stored in directory: /tmp/pip-ephem-wheel-cache-bw64ejsg/wheels/6f/7f/9d/b7e065cb8e7956f9224c87b27cc2e1e3ceb2b4b85ae421755b
Successfully built libretranslate
Installing collected packages: libretranslate
Attempting uninstall: libretranslate
Found existing installation: libretranslate 1.5.5
Uninstalling libretranslate-1.5.5:
Successfully uninstalled libretranslate-1.5.5
Successfully installed libretranslate-1.5.5
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/bin/libretranslate", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/libretranslate/main.py", line 206, in main
app = create_app(args)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/libretranslate/app.py", line 1093, in create_app
Session(app)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/flask_session/init.py", line 54, in init
self.init_app(app)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/flask_session/init.py", line 61, in init_app
app.session_interface = self._get_interface(app)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/flask_session/init.py", line 90, in _get_interface
session_interface = FileSystemSessionInterface(
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/flask_session/sessions.py", line 322, in init
self.cache = FileSystemCache(cache_dir, threshold=threshold, mode=mode)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cachelib/file.py", line 65, in init
os.makedirs(self._path)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 213, in makedirs
makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 223, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'db'
$ Is there a paid service the would help to install this software? I am a consultant and I promised my employer that this would work.

[maxlinux2000]

please add this to /etc/sudoers.d/libretranslate

libretranslate ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/libretranslate

here my systemd service

root@debian:/etc/systemd/system# cat libretranslate.service 
[Unit]
Description=LibreTranslate
After=network.target
[Service]
User=libretranslate
Group=libretranslate
WorkingDirectory=/opt/libretranslate/
ExecStart=sudo  -u libretranslate /usr/local/bin/libretranslate --host 127.0.0.1 --port 5000
#--disable-files-translation
Restart=always
#CPUQuota=50%

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[sunra]

Debian 12.

root@libretranslate:~# su libretranslate
$ ~/LibreTranslate-init/setup.sh

Loaded support for 44 languages (88 models total)!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/bin/libretranslate", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
^^^^^^
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/libretranslate/main.py", line 226, in main
app = create_app(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/libretranslate/app.py", line 1130, in create_app
Session(app)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask_session/init.py", line 54, in init
self.init_app(app)
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask_session/init.py", line 61, in init_app
app.session_interface = self._get_interface(app)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask_session/init.py", line 90, in _get_interface
session_interface = FileSystemSessionInterface(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask_session/sessions.py", line 322, in init
self.cache = FileSystemCache(cache_dir, threshold=threshold, mode=mode)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/cachelib/file.py", line 80, in init
os.makedirs(self._path)
File "", line 215, in makedirs
File "", line 225, in makedirs
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'db'