Thanks very much Niphlod, shortly after I posted my question it occurred to me that this must be the solution. In any case, thanks very much for your very quick reply with the answer. I appreciate it.
On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:53:10 PM UTC+8, Niphlod wrote: > > if you're uploading the app, don't upload the packed version. Upload just > the application structure inside the folder, as it is in your development > server. > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 7:50:45 AM UTC+2, Joe wrote: >> >> I can't install my app on pythonanywhere server using the web2py admin >> because the app is too big according to pythonanywhere (850MB). The only >> option seems to be using sftp but I am unable to install the app that way. >> Here is how I tried to do it but, of course, it's not working: >> >> I connected to the server using sftp and located the application >> directory in the web2py directory where I need to upload my app. I created >> a directory there naming it init, then I uploaded my packed web2py app >> package to the init directory using the sftp. >> >> I checked in the web2py admin and the init directory is there, where it's >> supposed to be as expected but the app is not installed. >> >> I would appreciate some advise. >> >> Thanks very much. >> >> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" 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.

