Hi Inton,
Did you resolve this issue? I had the same error come up today after an automatic update run by Linux (Ubuntu 20.04.5) and now I am unable to run NEST (version 3.4).
If not, some more information for other users, in case anyone can help:
I ran an automatic update on my computer (running Linux Ubuntu 20.04.5) and now NEST is unable to find the sli file. I receive the following error:
Mar 02 10:59:03 SLIStartup [Fatal]:
SLI initialisation file not found at
/build/nest-UTZ2DW/nest-3.4/debian/nest/usr/share/nest/sli/sli-init.sli.
Please check your NEST installation.
I tried updating the nest-config file to use the path where I know the sli file is located but I get the same error. The update log is pasted below to show what has been updated. NEST was running yesterday (01/03) so it seems it has something to do with the auto update that ran today (02/03). The log also reflects my attempts at updating NEST and python in case this was the issue, unfortunately, it did not resolve the error.
Update log:
Start-Date: 2023-03-01 09:10:08
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: libgnutls-openssl27:amd64 (3.6.13-2ubuntu1.7, 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.8), libgnutls30:amd64 (3.6.13-2ubuntu1.7, 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.8)
End-Date: 2023-03-01 09:10:09
Start-Date: 2023-03-01 09:10:11
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: python3-pip:amd64 (20.0.2-5ubuntu1.7, 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8), python-pip-whl:amd64 (20.0.2-5ubuntu1.7, 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8)
End-Date: 2023-03-01 09:10:13
Start-Date: 2023-03-01 09:10:16
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: tar:amd64 (1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.3)
End-Date: 2023-03-01 09:10:19
Start-Date: 2023-03-02 09:37:05
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox:amd64 (110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 110.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
End-Date: 2023-03-02 09:37:09
Start-Date: 2023-03-02 09:37:11
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox-locale-en:amd64 (110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 110.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
End-Date: 2023-03-02 09:37:11
Start-Date: 2023-03-02 09:38:25
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.129'
Upgrade: google-chrome-stable:amd64 (110.0.5481.100-1, 110.0.5481.177-1), isc-dhcp-common:amd64 (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.4, 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.5), nest:amd64 (3.3-0~202205050735~ubuntu20.04.1, 3.4-0~202302251246~ubuntu20.04.1), isc-dhcp-client:amd64 (4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.4, 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.5)
End-Date: 2023-03-02 09:38:34
Start-Date: 2023-03-02 10:24:37
Commandline: apt-get upgrade nest
Requested-By: bs (1000)
Upgrade: python3-software-properties:amd64 (0.99.9.10, 0.99.9.11), metacity:amd64 (1:3.36.1-1, 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1), software-properties-gtk:amd64 (0.99.9.10, 0.99.9.11), libmetacity1:amd64 (1:3.36.1-1, 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1), metacity-common:amd64 (1:3.36.1-1, 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1), software-properties-common:amd64 (0.99.9.10, 0.99.9.11)
End-Date: 2023-03-02 10:24:40
Start-Date: 2023-03-02 10:55:40
Commandline: apt autoremove
Requested-By: bs (1000)
Remove: gnome-applets-data:amd64 (3.36.4-0ubuntu1), gnome-panel-data:amd64 (1:3.36.2-0ubuntu1), libxmlb1:amd64 (0.1.15-2ubuntu1~20.04.1), alacarte:amd64 (3.36.0-1), libllvm10:amd64 (1:10.0.0-4ubuntu1), gir1.2-goa-1.0:amd64 (3.36.1-0ubuntu1), libphobos2-ldc-shared90:amd64 (1:1.20.1-1), libcpufreq0:amd64 (008-1.1), libpanel-applet3:amd64 (1:3.36.2-0ubuntu1)
End-Date: 2023-03-02 10:55:42
Start-Date: 2023-03-02 10:57:17
Commandline: apt install python3-all dh-python
Requested-By: bs (1000)
Install: python3-all:amd64 (3.8.2-0ubuntu2)
End-Date: 2023-03-02 10:57:18