Re: Installing pgAdmin 4 in Runtime Mode (stand alone) in Linux

Hi Rich,
Thx for trying! Sorry but this was a formatting error in our write up which
caused the python path to become mangled. We corrected that now so it
should be ok for .
Now to fix it for you:
Can you please remove the virtualenvs folder:

rm -rf ~/virtualenvs

And than redo the updated "Python setup":

pip3 install virtualenv

mkdir ~/virtualenvs/

cd ~/virtualenvs/

virtualenv -p python3

pgadmin4 source pgadmin4/bin/activate

pip3 install -r ~/pgadmin4-2.0/requirements.txt

That should do it:

~/pgadmin4-2.0/runtime/pgAdmin4

Note that the first time it reports a few errors when creating the local
config database, but those should go away the next time you start.
Let us know if it worked, or if you encounter more errors!

Cheers,
Floris

2017-11-23 16:01 GMT+01:00 Richard Greenwood <richard(dot)greenwood(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> Thanks for the write up. I've been using "Local Mode" and look forward to
> trying the runtime. I ran into a couple problems following your
> instructions. They are probably quite minor, but I am not a Python guy so I
> have no clue as to how to fix the problems.
> virtualenv -p python3 gives error:
> Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python3
> You must provide a DEST_DIR
> So I tried virtualenv -p python3 ~/virtualenvs/ which at least doesn't
> throw an error but I have no idea if that's correct.
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> And finally, the moment of truth:
> $~/pgadmin4-2.0/runtime/pgAdmin4
> Python path: "/home/rich/virtualenvs/pgadmin4/lib/python3.5/site-packages/"
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> Python Home: ""
> Webapp path: "/home/rich/pgadmin4-2.0/web/pgAdmin4.py"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/home/rich/pgadmin4-2.0/web/pgAdmin4.py", line 34, in <module>
> import config
> File "/home/rich/pgadmin4-2.0/web/config.py", line 30, in <module>
> from pgadmin.utils import env, IS_PY2, IS_WIN, fs_short_path
> File "/home/rich/pgadmin4-2.0/web/pgadmin/__init__.py", line 17, in
> <module>
> from flask import Flask, abort, request, current_app, session, url_for
> ImportError: No module named flask
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> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 5:46 AM, F.Sluiter <fsluiter(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> As it was not very clearly documented anywhere, we would like to share
>> how best to install PGadmin 4 on linux Mint and Ubuntu 16.04 in a virtual
>> environment as a stand alone desktop application (without the use of a
>> browser!).
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>> PgAdmin 4 can be run in three ways:
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>> - Server Mode in a web interface
>> - Local Mode in a web interface
>> - Local Mode in a standalone/runtime environment
>> The difference between the web interface and the runtime environment, is
>> that for the first you require to work from a browser. Whereas with the
>> runtime environments it runs as any other application on your desktop. This
>> is achieved by using Qt5, which creates a wrapper of the application. This
>> is a feature provided by the pgAdmin 4 team. However, on Ubuntu it wasn't
>> pre-build. Installing PgAdmin 4 for a runtime environment is a bit more
>> tricky than the other two, mostly because up until now it was not very well
>> documented. Especially it was unclear which dependencies it has on Ubuntu
>> and which options it needs at startup. After following this guide, you
>> will be able to run pgAdmin 4 in any of the three options on Ubuntu 16.04,
>> Linux Mint, or other Debian flavours.
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>> Please find the installation guide here:
>> https://humandata.associates/blog/data-engineering/installin
>> g-pgadmin-4-runtime-mode
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>> Hopefully someone can add the information to the pgadmin documentation
>> and even better turn this into one (or 3) debian packages...
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> --
> Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
> www.greenwoodmap.com
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