mostly just for testing things and learning web2py. for example when going through the book and learning things, to follow along. or when i read a tute online somewhere. but also for the same reason the python shell is there, to test statements and see if syntax is correct and the like. I want to be able to do the same with the gluon code.
On Apr 29, 6:03 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:56 PM, luckysmack wrote: > > > > > when i append gluon to the sys.path and try to import it doesnt work > > because its unable to find it. I am installing web2py via pip. THanks > > for the help too guys. appreciate it. > > What exactly are you trying to import? > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 29, 12:01 pm, José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez <jredr...@debian.org> > > wrote: > >> 2011/4/29 Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com>: > > >>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 7:19 AM, luckysmack wrote: > > >>>> Yea im using 11.04 which just released. So its probably just that it > >>>> hasnt been updated yet. ill check out that one package until it shows > >>>> up in the repo and try to update to that. I know theyre all in line > >>>> with each other but ive seen a few times where a package showed up in > >>>> debian but not ubuntu, not sure what they were but i think they were > >>>> pretty esoteric packages. Anyways, thanks. Ill just get the linked > >>>> one. > > >>> The actual problem may be different from how it appears. Adding the path > >>> to gluon to sys.path ought to work fine as far as it goes, but web2py > >>> generally expects to be started from its own directory. > > >>> What happens exactly when you add gluon to sys.path and attempt an import? > > >> What you can expect: you have available all the gluon modules and > >> functions. Remember you can use dal or the html parser for non-web2py > >> projects. > > >> On the other hand, you can start web2py from any directory passing the > >> -f parameter. Having gluon available in the sys.path you only need to > >> pass to web2py the applications directory path. No other files or > >> directories are needed. That's the way Debian package works and there > >> are not known problems with it. > > >> Regards. > > >>>> On Apr 29, 1:45 am, José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez <jredr...@debian.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> 2011/4/29 luckysmack <luckysm...@gmail.com>: > > >>>>>> python-gluon and python-web2py dont seem to be in the ubuntu repos. I > >>>>>> found a .deb file herehttp://pkgs.org/package/python-gluonbutiwant > >>>>>> to get some feedback first if anyone knows a better way. a few quick > >>>>>> searches didnt show anything about adding a repo to ubuntu to make it > >>>>>> available. > > >>>>> Ubuntu is a debian derivative. Ubuntu people sync their packages from > >>>>> Debian unstable repository periodically. > >>>>> Web2py packages are in Debian since less than a couple of weeks. > >>>>> Ubuntu released a new version yesterday, so I supposse they'll take > >>>>> the packages soon. The packages that are in Debian are exactly the > >>>>> same that Ubuntu will take, so you can use them if you're using a > >>>>> recent Ubuntu version, because Ubuntu is not going to modify them. > > >>>>> Regards. > >>>>> José L. > > >>>>>> On Apr 28, 10:50 pm, José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez <jredr...@debian.org> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> 2011/4/29 luckysmack <luckysm...@gmail.com>: > > >>>>>>>> Pretty much like the title says. This is also for things like when i > >>>>>>>> open up a i/b/python shell, it would be cool to just be able to run > >>>>>>>> 'import gluon' or 'from gluon import foo'. Im sure this would also > >>>>>>>> have other benefits as well, but im not sure. I tried doing 'import > >>>>>>>> sys' and 'sys.path.append("/srv/sites/web2py/gluon")' but that didnt > >>>>>>>> seem to work. i also tried it without the/gluon part. Is it worth it > >>>>>>>> to do this? otherwise i can get the effect by opening a terminal and > >>>>>>>> going to the web2py directory, opening the python shell and importing > >>>>>>>> like that. This culd also be handy when running python scripts that > >>>>>>>> are in different places on the system and wanting to be able to > >>>>>>>> import > >>>>>>>> something from gluon. > > >>>>>>> Using a Debian distribution (or any of its derivatives) you can > >>>>>>> install the debian package python-gluon > >>>>>>> (http://packages.qa.debian.org/w/web2py.html) . When installing it, > >>>>>>> gluon is available in the python path. > > >>>>>>> Regards.
