Thank you! I do have yarn installed, and do not have bower or shapely, so somehow I stumbled onto the right path. I am uninstalling Python 3.6.4 as we speak, and will go from there.
Your clarification is extremely helpful, and I am so happy to get this support! Onward! On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Adam Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anne, thanks for posting! As Jeff says, the short answer to your > specific issues is that you do need to use Python 2.7.x. Arches is not > compatible with Python 3, and the error you encountered is a direct > reflection of that. > > As for the documentation, I appreciate the opportunity to clarify this, > especially because we have had to shuffle the documentation around a bit > over the last couple of releases, but things are very much settled down now. > > Your Version 1 <http://arches4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/> is > actually the "latest" documentation (note the full URL), which is > up-to-date with the in-development code in the arches main repo. Version 2 > <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/requirements-and-dependencies/> is > the "stable" version of the documentation, which is the latest stable > release (4.1.0) and the one that you should use. However, and this is > important, *please use arches.readthedocs.io > <http://arches.readthedocs.io>, instead of arches4.readthedoc.io > <http://arches4.readthedoc.io>*. The content is actually exactly the same > at those domains, but we'd like to begin referring to only the > arches.readthedocs.io url. Version 3 > <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Installing-Dependencies-on-Windows#shapely> > really > is a remnant of the past; I removed it from the side-bar index of the wiki, > but I didn't delete the page itself. I have found a link to it here > http://arches.readthedocs.io/en/4.0.1/installation/#dependencies (which > I'll fix presently) but is there somewhere else that you came across a link > to it? I'd like to correct any old references (which includes editing old > forum posts). > > A quick explanation of the differences in documentation that you noticed: > Bower is used in the stable release of Arches (4.1), but has since been > replaced by Yarn, which is why you see Yarn documented in the "latest" > version and Bower in the "stable" version. The need for Shapely was removed > from Arches just before the 4.1 release, which is why that is not mentioned > in the "stable" version, but it is in the wiki page that is linked in the > 4.0.1 documentation. > > Final note: when viewing arches.readthedocs.io, you can easily switch > between documentation for different Arches releases (going back to version > 2.1) in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. Stable will always be the > same as the most recent release (4.1.0 right now). > > > Again, thanks for asking for clarification, and I'll be posting soon with > an update to the post that is currently pinned to the forum to explain > documentation: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#! > topic/archesproject/UYdiTtejKfY > > Adam > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 6:09 PM, Anne Millington <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am new to Arches and to the group, and have been trying bravely to use >> the provided documentation to answer questions, but I have hit a bit of a >> snag. >> >> I am attempting to install in a Windows Server 2012 environment. I used >> these instructions which I will call Version 1 >> <http://arches4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/>, and with some >> finagling successfully negotiated all the steps till I got to the actual >> installation of Arches. I finally install Python 3.6.4, because I was >> having trouble installing pip. All went well from there, and I have my >> virtual environment ready for Arches. Upon issuing the command, I got this >> error: >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eDsLXWbgZkg/Wqr6GFXpQZI/AAAAAAAAGyM/27zbgof71GITv0WtiLUu1V2EjhpPkOBOACLcBGAs/s1600/Capture.PNG> >> >> >> >> In researching the problem, I find there are at least three versions of >> the installation documentation, with some differences that might be >> relevant. Version 2 >> <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/requirements-and-dependencies/> >> requires >> bower, and Version 3 >> <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Installing-Dependencies-on-Windows#shapely> >> references >> git and shapely. The Version 1 set of instructions I was using mention >> none of those. Could something like this be the source of my error? >> >> I am thinking I should backtrack and follow Version 3 to have the most >> current docs to guide my install. Further, I wonder if I should try again >> to install pip using Python 2.7.x, as that is your recommendation. >> >> Any assistance highly appreciated! >> >> <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/requirements-and-dependencies/> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To >> unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. >> For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/fo >> rum/archesproject?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Arches Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. 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