Ubuntu Install & Documentation

[wtgee]

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[joshwalawender]

Hi all,

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve reinstalled ubuntu to start afresh and am installing things again (using aptitude now after Tyler’s advice). I’m updating the github wiki page as I go.

I’ve run in to a problem which I’ve never seen. I’m installing pip using the instructions on the web site (I’ve found lots of package installers don’t do pip well and install really old versions).

Here’s the web site:
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

Here’s the error I’m getting:

panoptes@ppb00:~$ sudo python3 get-pip.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "get-pip.py", line 21375, in <module>
   temp_dir = unpack(sources)
 File "get-pip.py", line 21357, in unpack
   mod.write(base64.b64decode(content))
 File "/usr/lib/python3.2/base64.py", line 83, in b64decode
   raise TypeError("expected bytes, not %s" % s.__class__.__name__)
TypeError: expected bytes, not str

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "get-pip.py", line 21384, in <module>
   shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
NameError: name 'temp_dir' is not defined

Any idea what might be going on? Based on the TypeError I’m wondering if this is a problem with python3, but I’ve installed pip this way on python3 before.

-Josh

[wtgee]

Are we running a 32- or 64-bit machine? I realized I don't remember and don't see it in the notes. I assume the ITX are 32-bit but wanted to confirm.

I am going to create a virtual machine that can be built and torn back down to test this install process so want to match the environment as close as possible.

[oguyon]

Pretty sure it's 64-bit

Olivier

On 01/25/2014 07:51 AM, W. Tyler Gee wrote:

Are we running a 32- or 64-bit machine? I realized I don't remember and
don't see it in the notes. I assume the ITX are 32-bit but wanted to
confirm.

I am going to create a virtual machine that can be built and torn back
down to test this install process so want to match the environment as
close as possible.

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[joshwalawender]

Looks like the pip installer got updated. The problem has disappeared, so I'm proceeding with the install.

[joshwalawender]

Is there anything to document about ubuntu installation that is specific to Panoptes and is not covered on the ubunutu web page? I does not seem to to me, so I am going to mark this issue as closed.

The software install (python, sextractor, etc.) is covered in another issue.