Good advice.  Thanks, Stephen.

Made the mistake of thinking I could just follow some tutorials and get 
something up working when I should have read more background info to start 
with.

On Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:31:26 PM UTC-5, Stephen McDonald wrote:
>
> I can't stress enough how different your experience would be if you took a 
> step back and read all the fabric documentation, then walked through 
> Mezzanine's fabfile step by step until you understand each of the steps it 
> takes to set up a server with your site deployed on it. 
>
> It's really just one big sequence of remote commands on your server - 
> install and configure all the things needed, then set up your project from 
> version control, and use it to run the site. Once you empower yourself by 
> understanding each of the steps it takes, you can *easily* debug these 
> problems on your own. 
>
> This approach requires the most effort from *you* up front, but will 
> ultimately be the most efficient in the long run. What you're doing now, 
> requires almost zero effort from you up front, calls on the effort of 
> *others*, and ultimately does you the greatest injustice in the long run, 
> by not learning how all these things actually work.
>
> Sorry if this advice is too blunt, but I think drip feeding you each step 
> is doing you a disservice.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Kyle Pennell <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> You get this when you do so:
>>
>> [ahalearning.co] out: You must provide a DEST_DIR
>> [ahalearning.co] out: Usage: virtualenv [OPTIONS] DEST_DIR
>>
>>
>> Sorry for pestering you, Josh.  Perhaps someone else in this group has 
>> ideas so you don't have to keep trying.
>>
>> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:55:45 PM UTC-5, Josh Cartmell wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I know the project name can be arbitrary, it can also be left 
>>> blank and it will be inferred from the repo.  Maybe try leaving it blank
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Kyle Pennell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  $ git clone [email protected]:kpennell/mezz-digitalocean.git 
>>>>> /mezzanine_app/project ->
>>>>> [ahalearning.co] out: fatal: could not create leading directories of 
>>>>> '/mezzanine_app/project': Permission denied
>>>>> Fatal error: run() encountered an error (return code 128) while 
>>>>> executing 'git clone [email protected]:kpennell/mezz-digitalocean.git 
>>>>> /mezzanine_app/project'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> will have to dig into the permission error.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:29:18 PM UTC-5, Kyle Pennell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I do get the space (I think). 
>>>>>
>>>>> It's trying to clone from one to another.
>>>>>
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