Hello,
Thank you for connecting here on the Arches Forum and thanks to everyone who has responded to the install questions so far. I understand you may be looking into the Arches demo site and public implementations suggested by Adam Cox. As others have mentioned, that’s a great place to start. Regarding installation of Arches, generally, it does require a certain level of technical skills and experience. If you find that your good efforts don’t result in a successful install, I recommend working with an IT service provider familiar with setting up an enterprise level system like Arches. In addition to the install, you may also need support with basic configuration and customization depending on your intended use. Also, it would be very helpful for us, if you introduced yourself and told us more about your project. One of our community members started a signing-in post and you can find it here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/archesproject/K8LGizXh1a0/TAIyXMYmwgUJ If possible, I may be able to connect you to someone who has undergone an implementation similar to the one you are considering and that can be very helpful in your assessment process. Thanks for your interest in Arches and I look forward to hearing more about your project! Alina Arches Project Team The Getty Conservation Institute On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 8:34:33 AM UTC-7, Adam Cox wrote: > > Hi, > > I just tried those exact steps locally on my laptop, and everything > actually worked just fine. It's very strange that django (and presumably > other python dependencies) do not get installed along with Arches for you. > Try this, with the virtualenv activated: > > pip install ENV\Lib\site-packages\arches\install\requirements.txt > > As for the demo site, I hadn't actually signed up for it myself yet, so I > did now to check it out. You can create a new account by going to the login > page and clicking "Create a new account". With an account, you are able to > log in and create new resources, and within 2-3 days you will be granted > access to the RDM (Reference Data Manager) so you can see how controlled > vocabularies are managed. However, it doesn't seem like there is anywhere > for you to gain access to the Arches Designer, which is the portion of the > app that allows you to create new resources models. If this is the part of > the app that you are wanting to see, please get in touch with me directly > and I can set something up for you. > > As for existing implementations of Arches, you can see a list here: > https://www.archesproject.org/implementations-of-arches/ though the only > one that is version 4 (the current version of Arches) is the one at the > bottom of the list (Heritage Monitoring Scouts). > > Other v4 installations not on that list: > https://www.globaldigitalheritage.org/ > http://hk.legiongis.com and http://yg.legiongis.com > > Cheers, > Adam > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:37 AM 'Researcher' via Arches Project < > archesproject@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I've tried again today and the following is the entire process I've been >> through to the same point - is anyone able to help? >> >> Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.1] >> (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. >> >> C:\Users\FIMNT>mkdir Projects && cd Projects >> >> C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects>pip install virtualenv >> DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, >> 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after >> that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. >> Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv in >> c:\python27\lib\site-packages (16.4.3) >> >> C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects>virtualenv ENV >> New python executable in C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects\ENV\Scripts\python.exe >> Installing setuptools, pip, wheel... >> done. >> >> C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects>ENV\Scripts\activate >> >> (ENV) C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects>pip install arches --no-binary :all: >> DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, >> 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after >> that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. >> Collecting arches >> Using cached >> https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a2/53/d96a12dea3e0aaea9084ab7275ccc56192e07c6a822ca9065a82fbc27b2f/arches-4.4.1.tar.gz >> Skipping bdist_wheel for arches, due to binaries being disabled for it. >> Installing collected packages: arches >> Running setup.py install for arches ... done >> Successfully installed arches-4.4.1 >> >> (ENV) C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects>python ENV\Scripts\arches-project create >> my_project >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "ENV\Scripts\arches-project", line 12, in <module> >> import django >> ImportError: No module named django >> >> (ENV) C:\Users\FIMNT\Projects> >> >> I've looked at the demo but I'm keen to see a working example of it (if >> anyone knows of one online and running?) and also to see how it is to >> actually use. I assume there is a point where you get past the maze of >> installation and get to an interface that you can actually use and alter, >> so I'd like to reach that point if possible. >> Has no-one else had issues installing? >> Thanks, >> >> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 4:01:54 PM UTC-3, Researcher wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I've been struggling through trying to install Arches all day today >>> (historian background, not IT professional!) and I thought I was getting >>> somewhere reaching the point where it told me Arches had been installed (in >>> Windows command prompt) but even our IT support are unable to get very far >>> beyond that. Anyone got any advice? Is there a simpler way? I just wanted >>> to try out the software, not get a degree in coding before I had even seen >>> what it looked like. >>> I tried to run step 7 on the install guide: >>> https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/ >>> but it says you need elasticsearch running. I tried to install >>> elasticsearch from the "easiest way" (dread to think what the hard way >>> looks like) as per below: >>> >>> The easiest way to install Elasticsearch is to use a command that comes >>> with Arches. Once you have installed Arches (either with pip or from >>> the Arches repo <https://github.com/archesproject/arches>), activate >>> your virtual environment, enter your app/project root directory (the one >>> that contains manage.py), run >>> >>> python manage.py es install >>> >>> Elasticsearch will be installed in the root folder. You can specify an >>> alternate destination for the installation by using the -d argument. >>> For example >>> >>> python manage.py es install -d C:\Projects >>> >>> will result in a new directory C:\Projects\elasticsearch-5.2.1 from >>> which you’ll be able to run Elasticsearch. >>> >>> I tried this and got the following: >>> (ENV) C:\Users\FIMNT\my_project>python manage.py es install >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "manage.py", line 27, in <module> >>> from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line >>> ImportError: No module named django.core.management >>> >>> Obviously I or the software have done something wrong but I've spent the >>> entire day working like this with every single step having some kind of >>> problem and our IT support service is also struggling to see why it's >>> having so many issues. >>> Anyone able to guide us through in a simpler way, enlighten me past this >>> step and onto the next error or should I give up on Arches now seeing as >>> it's taken me a day and I can't even install it, yet alone set it up or >>> operate it? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >> -- >> -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. 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