Re: Trouble installing psycopg2

Hmm maybe you're right. I just tried starting over again from a directory
under joshmoe, following the tutorial again, but I get permssions errors at
every turn.

# wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2
# tar xf Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2
# cd Python-2.7.3
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
# make && make altinstall

Running the make && make altinstall looks okay for a bit (maybe during the
build), but then fas with the permissions errors below:

Failed to build these modules:
_sqlite3

running build_scripts
creating build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting
/home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth
on-2.7.3/Tools/scripts/pydoc -> build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting
/home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth
on-2.7.3/Tools/scripts/idle -> build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting
/home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth
on-2.7.3/Tools/scripts/2to3 -> build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting
/home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth
on-2.7.3/Lib/smtpd.py -> build/scripts-2.7
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pydoc from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/idle from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/2to3 from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/smtpd.py from 644 to 755
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Tools/gdb/libpython.py python-gdb.py
/usr/bin/install -c python /usr/local/bin/python2.7
/usr/bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/local/bin/python2.7': Permission
denied
make: *** [altbininstall] Error 1

Since it's already their, I thought maybe I could skip to these steps but
they give permission errors as well

# wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.35.tar.gz
# tar xf distribute-0.6.35.tar.gz
# cd distribute-0.6.35
# python2.7 setup.py install

I guess this is the reason I started installing things from root.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Augori <augori(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> No, sorry. I just checked that again and I can yum. I guess I remembered
> that incorrectly.
>
> But the thing is, I'm worried that I have all this stuff set up and
> working --postgresql, virtualenv, psycopg2 in root; then if I try another
> install under joshmoe it could cause even more more chaos.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Augori <augori(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> You're right, I installed the virtualenv as user root into /root.
>>
>> The reason for this is that I can't run 'yum' and probably many of the
>> other commands from joshmoe, so I gave up on that route. But I'm open for
>> suggestions...do you think it would be better to try to get access to these
>> commands?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/29/2013 09:38 AM, Augori wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks to Adrian for pointing to this site.
>>>> http://toomuchdata.com/2012/**06/25/how-to-install-python-2-**
>>>> 7-3-on-centos-6-2/<http://toomuchdata.com/2012/06/25/how-to-install-python-2-7-3-on-centos-6-2/>
>>>> I was able to get the virtual environment set up and install psycopg2
>>>> from there. Now things seem to be working well when I'm logged in as
>>>> root.
>>>>
>>>> But I need to be able to use the virtualenv as a non-root user, joshmoe.
>>>> (And start/stop postgresql as this other user)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've found a good many examples of sudoer statements. But I can't
>>>> figure out the syntax that will make this work. I'm hoping once I get
>>>> this one, I'll be able to give access to statements like 'service
>>>> postgresql status' and so forth.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Looks to me you installed the virtualenv as user root into /root. Why
>>> not install the virtualenv as joshme into /joshme? Then you avoid the sudo
>>> problems all together. It also one of the benefits of virtualenv you can
>>> run programs as an ordinary user and not make them system wide.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Adrian Klaver
>>> adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com
>>>
>>
>>
>