Searxng upgrade failure due to install script problem?

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What app is this about, and its version: Searxng v2026.06.07
What YunoHost version are you running: 12.1.40.1 (stable)
What type of hardware are you using: Old laptop or computer

Describe your issue

I tried to upgrade Searxng and it failed to upgrade but did not reinstall the previous version from the successful backup. I then tried to reinstall from backup manually, that too failed. I then tried a clean install, that also failed. This is usually me least problematic app. It seems to be compalining about the install script? I can’t see anything obvious to me but you guys I’m sure will see something obvious. Many thanks for any insight!

Share relevant logs or error messages

https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/akodocekib

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Hi,
Can you share the failed upgrade and backup-restore logs ?
Have you tried reinstalling it ?

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Strange :
WARNING - Jun 08 17:14:43 (gunicorn)[100256]: searxng.service: Failed to locate executable /var/www/searxng/searxng-pyenv/bin/gunicorn: No such file or directory

Can you also share the output of : tail -30 /var/log/searxng/searxng.log

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here is the upgrade log

https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/giqacalolu

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here is the restore log.

https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/ovozupucic

I tried a clean reinstall but that also fails.

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Is there enough free disk space ?

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I think this is the full output Jarod.

Linux xxxx 6.1.0-49-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.174-1 (2026-05-26) x86_64
YNH1 - Maintained by
Neil Giliker
Web console: https:// xxxxxx

Last login: Mon Jun 8 20:06:44 2026 from 192.168.1.1
root@giliker:~# tail -30 /var/log/searxng/searxng.log
server_list()
File “/var/www/searxng/searxng-src/searx/engines/radio_browser.py”, line 67, in server_list
servers = CACHE.get(“servers”, )
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/var/www/searxng/searxng-src/searx/enginelib/init.py”, line 175, in get
return ENGINES_CACHE.get(key, default=default, ctx=self.table_name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/var/www/searxng/searxng-src/searx/cache.py”, line 452, in get
self.maintenance()
File “/var/www/searxng/searxng-src/searx/cache.py”, line 266, in maintenance
if not force and int(time.time()) < self.next_maintenance_time:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/var/www/searxng/searxng-src/searx/cache.py”, line 340, in next_maintenance_time
return self.cfg.MAINTENANCE_PERIOD + self.properties.m_time(“LAST_MAINTENANCE”, int(time.time()))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/var/www/searxng/searxng-src/searx/sqlitedb.py”, line 452, in m_time
res = self.DB.execute(self.SQL_M_TIME, (name,)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^sqlite3.OperationalError: no such table: properties2026-06-08 10:27:48,405 ERROR:searx.search.processors: can’t register engine processor: radio browser (init failed)
[2026-06-08 10:27:48 +0100] [86613] [INFO] Worker exiting (pid: 86613)
[2026-06-08 10:27:49 +0100] [86395] [ERROR] Shutting down: Master
[2026-06-08 10:27:49 +0100] [86395] [ERROR] Reason: Worker failed to boot.
[2026-06-08 17:27:12 +0100] [103688] [INFO] Starting gunicorn 26.0.0
[2026-06-08 17:27:12 +0100] [103688] [ERROR] connection to /run/searxng.sock failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/run/searxng.sock’
[2026-06-08 17:27:13 +0100] [103688] [ERROR] connection to /run/searxng.sock failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/run/searxng.sock’
[2026-06-08 17:27:14 +0100] [103688] [ERROR] connection to /run/searxng.sock failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/run/searxng.sock’
[2026-06-08 17:27:15 +0100] [103688] [ERROR] connection to /run/searxng.sock failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/run/searxng.sock’
[2026-06-08 17:27:16 +0100] [103688] [ERROR] connection to /run/searxng.sock failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/run/searxng.sock’
[2026-06-08 17:27:17 +0100] [103688] [ERROR] Can’t connect to /run/searxng.sock
root@giliker:~#

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There is 92Gb free on the drive.

Screenshot_20260608_201221_com_vivaldi_browser_ChromeTabbedActivity
Screenshot_20260608_201221_com_vivaldi_browser_ChromeTabbedActivity1080×2412 129 KB

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Are you using a different shell then bash?

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Can you share

stat /run/searxng.sock
ls -la /run/searxng.sock
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not that I am aware of. the disk screen is from the cockpit app.

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here is the output

Linux 6.1.0-49-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.174-1 (2026-05-26) x86_64
YNH1 - Maintained by
Neil Giliker
Web console: xxxx

Last login: Mon Jun 8 20:46:34 2026 from 192.168.1.1
root@giliker:~# stat /run/searxng.sock
File: /run/searxng.sock
Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 socket
Device: 0,23 Inode: 1968 Links: 1
Access: (0666/srw-rw-rw-) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Access: 2026-06-08 10:27:43.665806910 +0100
Modify: 2026-06-08 10:27:43.665806910 +0100
Change: 2026-06-08 10:27:43.665806910 +0100
Birth: 2026-06-08 10:27:43.665806910 +0100
root@giliker:~# ls -la /run/searxng.sock
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jun 8 10:27 /run/searxng.sock
root@giliker:~#

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I would try removing the /run/searxng.sock and then reinstalling but not sure this is the root cause…

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Interestingly I tried to restore from a month old full backup that was a rock solid backup. That also failed.

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Otm, how would i remove the /run/serxng.sock ? I did try yunohost app remove searxng from the CLI but is says the app is not installed, which is correct.

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rm /run/searxng.sock
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I fixed it but don’t ask me what changed… I rebooted the server again and then tried a clean install again and this time it worked.

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Cheers, apols for my ignorance.

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Just like when I worked in IT support on ICL mainframes 40 years ago…. if we were stumped we used to just tell the user to reboot their terminal… and quite often it worked.

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Many thanks to you both for your support. Once again it really is appreciated. YNH is a great product and this is a very effective and very capable support group.