Using different versions of Linux and Python

[Lucy FJ]

Hi all,

Having done some Arches customization we have hit some strange technical problems so we decided to check everything from the installation of dependencies onwards. It appears that we are using Oracle Linux 6.7 for our Arches app. Has anyone had any problems with this? 

It also seems that we are using Python v 2.6.6 not 2.7.6 which was suggested for Arches. We know later versions can cause problems but can earlier ones? If we need the later version of Python can we simply download it and install without redoing the whole Arches installation again? 

Thank you very much for your help!

Lucy

[Alexei Peters]

Hi Lucy,

Can't really comment on your version of Linux, but upgrading to Python 2.7 shouldn't require you to re-install Arches.

Cheers,

Alexei

Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173

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[Lucy Fletcher-Jones]

Thank you, Alexei. Do you think that Python 2.7.6 is absolutely essential? 

Lucy

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On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Alexei Peters <ape...@fargeo.com> wrote:

Hi Lucy,

Can't really comment on your version of Linux, but upgrading to Python 2.7 shouldn't require you to re-install Arches.

Cheers,

Alexei

Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173

[Adam Cox]

Lucy, if you are having issues, the first step you should take is to make sure you are using python 2.7.6. The trick is that you must have virtualenv installed in the appropriate version of python before using it to make the virtual environment for your app. You can test this by activating your virtual environment and then typing python which will open the python interpreter, and in the header you will see what version your virtual environment is based on. This should be 2.7.6.

Adam

[Lucy FJ]

Hi Adam,

I followed your instructions and we are using Python version 2.7.6 .I do not totally understand about having Python 2.7.6 in the virtual environment. I assume that that is ENV? I an uploading snips of the entire library structure we have on our server. Our app is called 'EAD', these libraries are not in ENV. Is this correct? is ths structure correct? We are still having problems with compiling python by simply starting Arches - we need to use the runserver command and the JPEG decoder did not get installed. That is an old issue I asked you about before and you gave me a helpful answer but we haven't been able to try it out yet. 

Thank you very much for your help, as ever. Lucy

 

[Adam Cox]

Yes, that directory structure looks fine.

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[Lucy Fletcher-Jones]

Thank you, Adam. 

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