[p2pu-dev] Installation on Debian Squeeze

[Dirk Uys]

Thanks, should definitely be listed there!

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Totschnig, Michael
<Michael.Totschnig at hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
> Thank you Jose and Dirk for helping me out. I will install 2.7. then.
> May I suggest to add this requirement on top of https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/wiki/Lernanta's-Setup-Install ?
>
> 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 13:39
> To: P2PU Technical Development
> Subject: Re: [p2pu-dev] Installation on Debian Squeeze
>
> You could also try this solution:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6286591/django-caught-valueerror-while-rendering-list-removex-x-not-in-list
>
> but I wouldn't deviate much from the core if you want to use Lernanta somewhere else.
>
> cheers,
> Jose
>
> On 5 July 2012 12:30, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:
>> 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-fiel
>> d-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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