Closed issue by jirib on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/29059 Description: ### System * xuname: `Void 5.10.17_1 x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate rrFFF` * package: `libguestfs-1.44.0_1` ### Expected behavior `update-libguestfs-appliance` should work out of the box, it should download binary applicance and extract it for libguestfs use. ### Actual behavior `update-libguestfs-appliance` fails as it does NOT have directory where to extract data ``` # update-libguestfs-appliance Downloading binary appliance v1.40.1 for libguestfs ... --2021-02-25 20:36:51-- http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz Resolving libguestfs.org (libguestfs.org)... 46.43.9.215, 2001:41c9:1:422::215 Connecting to libguestfs.org (libguestfs.org)|46.43.9.215|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://download.libguestfs.org/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz [following] --2021-02-25 20:36:52-- http://download.libguestfs.org/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz Resolving download.libguestfs.org (download.libguestfs.org)... 46.43.9.215, 2001:41c9:1:422::215 Reusing existing connection to libguestfs.org:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://download.libguestfs.org/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz [following] --2021-02-25 20:36:52-- https://download.libguestfs.org/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz Connecting to download.libguestfs.org (download.libguestfs.org)|46.43.9.215|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 111566640 (106M) [application/x-xz] Saving to: ‘appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz’ appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz 100%[====================================>] 106.40M 2.34MB/s in 46s 2021-02-25 20:37:38 (2.33 MB/s) - ‘appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz’ saved [111566640/111566640] Checking checksum ... appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz: OK Extracting binary appliance files to /usr/lib/guestfs: tar: /usr/lib/guestfs: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now ``` ``` # grep /usr/lib `which update-libguestfs-appliance ` echo "Extracting binary appliance files to /usr/lib/guestfs:" >&2 tar -xvf appliance-${VERSION}.tar.xz -C /usr/lib/guestfs \ chmod -v 644 "/usr/lib/guestfs/"{kernel,initrd,root,README.fixed} ``` ### Steps to reproduce the behavior * update-libguestfs-appliance # as root