Hmm maybe you're right. I just tried starting over again from a directory under joshmoe, following the tutorial again, but I get permssions errors at every turn.
# wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2 # tar xf Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2 # cd Python-2.7.3 # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local # make && make altinstall Running the make && make altinstall looks okay for a bit (maybe during the build), but then fas with the permissions errors below: Failed to build these modules: _sqlite3 running build_scripts creating build/scripts-2.7 copying and adjusting /home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth on-2.7.3/Tools/scripts/pydoc -> build/scripts-2.7 copying and adjusting /home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth on-2.7.3/Tools/scripts/idle -> build/scripts-2.7 copying and adjusting /home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth on-2.7.3/Tools/scripts/2to3 -> build/scripts-2.7 copying and adjusting /home/realmark/public_html/cronjobs/gisSupportCode/Pyth on-2.7.3/Lib/smtpd.py -> build/scripts-2.7 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pydoc from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/idle from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/2to3 from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/smtpd.py from 644 to 755 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Tools/gdb/libpython.py python-gdb.py /usr/bin/install -c python /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/local/bin/python2.7': Permission denied make: *** [altbininstall] Error 1 Since it's already their, I thought maybe I could skip to these steps but they give permission errors as well # wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.35.tar.gz # tar xf distribute-0.6.35.tar.gz # cd distribute-0.6.35 # python2.7 setup.py install I guess this is the reason I started installing things from root. On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Augori <aug...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, sorry. I just checked that again and I can yum. I guess I remembered > that incorrectly. > > But the thing is, I'm worried that I have all this stuff set up and > working --postgresql, virtualenv, psycopg2 in root; then if I try another > install under joshmoe it could cause even more more chaos. > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Augori <aug...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You're right, I installed the virtualenv as user root into /root. >> >> The reason for this is that I can't run 'yum' and probably many of the >> other commands from joshmoe, so I gave up on that route. But I'm open for >> suggestions...do you think it would be better to try to get access to these >> commands? >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Adrian Klaver >> <adrian.kla...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On 09/29/2013 09:38 AM, Augori wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks to Adrian for pointing to this site. >>>> http://toomuchdata.com/2012/**06/25/how-to-install-python-2-** >>>> 7-3-on-centos-6-2/<http://toomuchdata.com/2012/06/25/how-to-install-python-2-7-3-on-centos-6-2/> >>>> I was able to get the virtual environment set up and install psycopg2 >>>> from there. Now things seem to be working well when I'm logged in as >>>> root. >>>> >>>> But I need to be able to use the virtualenv as a non-root user, joshmoe. >>>> (And start/stop postgresql as this other user) >>>> >>> >>> I've found a good many examples of sudoer statements. But I can't >>>> figure out the syntax that will make this work. I'm hoping once I get >>>> this one, I'll be able to give access to statements like 'service >>>> postgresql status' and so forth. >>>> >>> >>> >>> Looks to me you installed the virtualenv as user root into /root. Why >>> not install the virtualenv as joshme into /joshme? Then you avoid the sudo >>> problems all together. It also one of the benefits of virtualenv you can >>> run programs as an ordinary user and not make them system wide. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Adrian Klaver >>> adrian.kla...@gmail.com >>> >> >> >
