[p2pu-dev] Installation on Debian Squeeze

[Dirk Uys]

We currently require python 2.7, I also didn't know :)

This string: query_db_string =
u'qs:{}::db:{}'.format(self.query_string, self.db)
uses the format feature in a way thats only supported in python 2.7.

See:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5446964/valueerror-zero-length-field-name-in-format-error-in-python-3-0-3-1-3-2
http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#format-string-syntax

I don't know if there is any other things that relies on python 2.7?

The problem is in https://github.com/paulosman/python-xrd so you can
change that if you want?

I recommend compiling python 2.7 on the server and using that for the
virtual environment. I've done this before on a shared server and it
worked fairly well. Here is a guide of how to do that on bluehost:
https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/python-install

Hope that helps a bit
Cheers
d

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Totschnig, Michael
<Michael.Totschnig at hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
>
> Hello Jose,
> Thank you for your answer. It is true that on Debian Squeeze I have Python 2.6.6. on Ubuntu 2.7.3.
> I could not find information about Lernanta minimal requirement with respect to Python version.
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: p2pu-dev-bounces at lists.p2pu.org [mailto:p2pu-dev-bounces at lists.p2pu.org] On Behalf Of Jos Flores
> Sent: Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2012 13:08
> To: P2PU Technical Development
> Subject: Re: [p2pu-dev] Installation on Debian Squeeze
>
> Hi there, are you using python 2.6 in Ubuntu too? I think it defaults to 2.7.3, but your debian box seems to be using 2.6.6. Not sure that is the cause (should it work in 2.6?).
>
> cheers,
> Jose
>
> On 5 July 2012 10:52, Totschnig, Michael <Michael.Totschnig at hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am trying to set up lernanta for evaluating it as a platform for
> > online courses, and while I succeeded without problem on a local
> > Ubuntu 12.04 VM, I fail with a Debian Squeeze provided on a shared VM.
> >
> >
> >
> > After following the installation instructions, and starting the web
> > server, accessing through web browser, gives following error:
> >
> >
> >
> > TemplateSyntaxError at /
> >
> > Caught ValueError while rendering: zero length field name in format
> >
> >
> >
> > Full details:
> >
> > http://dpaste.com/767620/
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there anything, I could have done wrong during installation?
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
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