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

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.

And finally, the moment of truth:
$~/pgadmin4-2.0/runtime/pgAdmin4
Python path:
"/home/rich/virtualenvs/pgadmin4/lib/python3.5/site-packages/"
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

Rich

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 5:46 AM, F.Sluiter <fsluiter(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> 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!).
>
> PgAdmin 4 can be run in three ways:
>
> - 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.
>
> Please find the installation guide here:
> https://humandata.associates/blog/data-engineering/
> installing-pgadmin-4-runtime-mode
>
> 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