Having run web2py on Mac and windows effortlessly ... I expected the same on Ubuntu... but... I found it a bit harder to get running.
Ubunto Desktop works great on old Windows machines, and it is fun to play with. I bought a used $30 computer and installed Ubunto and was impressed with how fast it installed, and ran. *Here is an easy way to get web2py working on Ubuntu. * My Ubuntu Desktop Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit Kernel Linux 3.8.0-29-generic GNOME 3.4.2 See image below. You can just search for "System Monitor" and then "System tab" Steps to get web2py working I followed these steps, with just a few changes... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Web2Py Changes: *Step 3 Add the following to the bottom of your .bashrc file: * Add the following to the bottom of your .bashrc file:.. Ref: http://askubuntu.com/questions/127056/where-is-bashrc *Step 7 Run the following command from the terminal to install the python-tk packag* $ sudo aptitude install python-tk . I did not have aptitude installed, so I used $ sudo apt-get install python-tk Ref: http://superuser.com/questions/42967/on-ubuntu-why-sudo-apt-get-sometimes-and-sudo-aptitude-other-times Note:I later installed aptitude with: sudo apt-get install aptitude *Step 8 - Add a launcher to your top desktop panel: * I didn't do it that way... I just followed these steps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLeMbsI_rn4 *Note:* I now there is a .sh script to install a lot of stuff web2py/scripts/web2py.ubuntu.sh and I continue to work on that... <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yGMdnDe8kM4/UiIDOroVvMI/AAAAAAAAAYI/DUFQeuW5xRA/s1600/ubunto.png> Hope that is helpful to new users of Ubuntu. Rob -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
