Following the instructions here: http://hydruid-blog.com/?p=124#comment-8482 I attempted to install Zenoss 4.2.4 onto an Ubuntu 12.04.4 server 64bit virtual machine.

I ran apt-get update beforehand successfully.  His script ran perfectly, I set the Mysql admin password and that was it... done.

However the zen processes are not running.  The results of a 'zenoss status' return:

zenoss-user@MI-Zenoss:~$ sudo su zenoss

[sudo] password for zenoss-user:

sudo: unable to open /var/lib/sudo/zenoss-user/0: Read-only file system

zenoss@MI-Zenoss:/home/zenoss-user$ zenoss status

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/Products/ZenUtils/ZenPackDaemons.py", line 79, in <module>

    zp = ZenPackDaemons()

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/Products/ZenUtils/ZenScriptBase.py", line 36, in __init__

    CmdBase.__init__(self, noopts)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/Products/ZenUtils/CmdBase.py", line 108, in __init__

    zcml.load_site()

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/Zope2/App/zcml.py", line 46, in load_site

    _context = xmlconfig.file(site_zcml)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/xmlconfig.py", line 646, in file

    include(context, name, package)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/xmlconfig.py", line 548, in include

    processxmlfile(f, context)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/xmlconfig.py", line 380, in processxmlfile

    parser.parse(src)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 109, in parse

    xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse

    self.feed(buffer)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 216, in feed

    self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 364, in end_element_ns

    self._cont_handler.endElementNS(pair, None)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/xmlconfig.py", line 359, in endElementNS

    self.context.end()

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/config.py", line 620, in end

    self.stack.pop().finish()

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/config.py", line 774, in finish

    actions = self.handler(context, **args)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/OFS/metaconfigure.py", line 46, in loadProducts

    xmlconfig.include(_context, zcml, package=product)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/xmlconfig.py", line 548, in include

    processxmlfile(f, context)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/zope/configuration/xmlconfig.py", line 380, in processxmlfile

    parser.parse(src)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 109, in parse

    xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse

    self.feed(buffer)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 220, in feed

    self._err_handler.fatalError(exc)

  File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/_xmlplus/sax/handler.py", line 38, in fatalError

    raise exception

zope.configuration.xmlconfig.ZopeXMLConfigurationError: File "/usr/local/zenoss/etc/site.zcml", line 16.2-16.23

    ZopeSAXParseException: File "/usr/local/zenoss/lib/python/Products/ManagableIndex/configure.zcml", line 1.4,  not well-formed (invalid token)

Daemon: zeneventserver not running

Daemon: zopectl not running

rm: cannot remove `/usr/local/zenoss/var/Z2.pid': Read-only file system

Daemon: zenrrdcached not running

Daemon: zenhub not running

Daemon: zenjobs not running

rm: cannot remove `/usr/local/zenoss/var/zenjobs-localhost.pid': Read-only file system

Daemon: zeneventd not running

Daemon: zenping not running

Daemon: zensyslog not running

Daemon: zenstatus not running

Daemon: zenactiond not running

Daemon: zentrap not running

Daemon: zenmodeler not running

Daemon: zenperfsnmp not running

Daemon: zencommand not running

Daemon: zenprocess not running

zenoss@MI-Zenoss:/home/zenoss-user$

Obviously something went wrong.. how can I resolve this and get it up and running?  I am totally unfamiliar with redHat/centOS to even think about switch OS's.