Aims:

Setting up a web2py in a virtual environment Arch Linux

URLs used:

• http://www.web2pyslices.com/slice/show/1464/setting-up-web2py-in-a-virtual-environment

TL;DR

• pre-requisites
  • install mercurial
    • so do this in python 2.7
  • A cloned virtual env
• Navigate into your virtual environment
  • clone web2py using mercurial
  • start web2py

Code

pre-requisites

cpvirtualenv p2_generic p2_rsr
workon p2_rsr
pip install mercurial

implementation

workon p2_rsr
cd .virtualenvs/p2_rsr #move to virtualenv directory
hg clone https://code.google.com/p/web2py/ web2py #clone web2py in this directory
./bin/python ./web2py/web2py.py #launch web2py