ssmsend missing dependencies in ubuntu24.04 LTS

[mariojmdavid]

ssmsend 
2025-10-09 15:37:14,807 - ssmsend - INFO - ========================================
2025-10-09 15:37:14,807 - ssmsend - INFO - Starting sending SSM version 4.0.0.
2025-10-09 15:37:14,807 - ssmsend - INFO - Setting up SSM with protocol: AMS
2025-10-09 15:37:14,807 - ssmsend - INFO - No AMS token provided, using cert/key pair instead.
2025-10-09 15:37:14,807 - ssmsend - INFO - No server certificate supplied.  Will not encrypt messages.
2025-10-09 15:37:14,809 - ssmsend - INFO - Messages will be signed using /DC=org/DC=terena/DC=tcs/C=PT/L=Lisboa/O=Associacao CNCA - Centro Nacional de Computacao Avancada/CN=infra.a.acnca.pt
SSM failed to complete successfully.  See log file for details.
2025-10-09 15:37:14,809 - ssmsend - ERROR - Unexpected exception in SSM. See traceback below.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ssm/agents.py", line 204, in run_sender
    sender = Ssm2(brokers,
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ssm/ssm2.py", line 104, in __init__
    raise ImportError(
ImportError: The Python package argo_ams_library must be installed to use AMS. Please install or use STOMP.
2025-10-09 15:37:14,810 - ssmsend - INFO - SSM has shut down.
2025-10-09 15:37:14,810 - ssmsend - INFO - ========================================

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
apt install apel-ssm # got version 4.0.0-1

cat /etc/apel/sender.cfg
[sender]
protocol: AMS

[broker]
host: msg.argo.grnet.gr
port: 443
use_ssl: true

[certificates]
certificate: /etc/ssl/hostcert.pem
key: /etc/ssl/hostkey.pem
capath: /etc/grid-security/certificates

[messaging]
ams_project: accounting
destination: eu-egi-cloud-accounting
path: /var/spool/apel/outgoing
path_type: dirq

[logging]
logfile: /var/log/ssmsend.log
level: INFO
console: true

no deb package argo-ams-library

If I do a venv and pip install argo-ams-library, then I am not able to also pip install apel-ssm since it's not in pypi

as such the installation either with deb packages or pip is not possible in ubuntu