Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of InstallationGuidelines/VirtualEnv

Timestamp:

07/02/11 18:33:38 (14 years ago)

Author:

Praneeth Bodduluri

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InstallationGuidelines/VirtualEnv

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+[[TOC]]
+= Using the Python virtualenv =
+
+== Install Python virtualenv == 
+
+On linux install the virtualenv package using your package manager.
+
+Ubuntu/debian:
+
+{{{
+aptitude install python-virtualenv
+}}}
+
+Windows:
+1. Install setup tools from [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools]
+2. Use easy_install to install virtualenv
+{{{
+easy_install virtualenv
+}}}
+
+
+== Using virtualenv == 
+
+1. Create a new virtualenv for your application
+
+{{{
+virtualenv dependencydirectory
+}}}
+
+   The above creates a directory called dependencydirectory and initializes a new virtualenv inside it.
+
+2. Activate the virtualenv
+
+   On Linux/MacOSX/*ix:
+{{{
+source dependecydirectory/bin/activate
+}}}
+
+   On Windows:
+{{{
+TODO
+}}}
+
+'''
+   Note: Steps 4 works only after step 2 has been executed in the current terminal.'''
+
+3. Download the required web2py version and place eden in the applications directory.
+
+4. Use the requirements.txt in the eden directory to install the dependencies
+
+{{{
+pip install -U -r requirements.txt
+}}}
+
+5. Run web2py for development within this environment.
+
+{{{
+python web2py.py 
+}}}
+
+== Using a virtualenv with apache/mod_wsgi ==
+
+Append the following to WSGIDaemonProcess in the config:
+{{{
+ python-path=/home/web2py/dependencydirectory/lib/python2.6/site-packages
+}}} 
+'''
+Note: In the line above change python2.6 to your python version and the directory to match your directory'''