Unable to install Cloudmin GPL on Rackspace Cloud Server

I attempted to install Cloudmin (cloudmin-gpl-debian-install.sh) on a Rackspace VPS (cloud server) using Debian 5.0 (Lenny) with Webmin/Virtualmin preinstalled and received the following error:

E: Couldn't find package libc6-xen .. install failed

Package libc6-xen does not exist in the Lenny repositories

cat /proc/version yields:

Linux version 2.6.32.9-rscloud [root@builder.slicehost.com] (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) ) #6 SMP Thu Mar 11 14:32:05 UTC 2010
cat /proc/cpuinfo yields:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 16
model           : 4
model name      : Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2374 HE
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2200.088
cache size      : 512 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc pni cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch
bogomips        : 4402.42
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
free yields:

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        274540     183912      90628          0       4020      43832
-/+ buffers/cache:     136060     138480
Swap:       524280     183920     340360

Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks

Status: 
Closed (works as designed)

Comments

I received this comment from Rackspace support:

"... you wont be able to virtualize on our para-virtualized systems."

That's correct .. Cloudmin is for managing and creating virtual systems using Xen, so you can't run it on a system that is already a Xen VPS. So it is not surprising that the libc6-xen package is missing.

You can only install it on a real machine.