Hello netcode, The backslash at the end of the line means that the command continues at the next line. Therefore eighter put everything at one line, but remove " \", or issue the command exactly as typed in your example. The command "... ln -s ...." creates a simbolic link in Unix/Linux. Simbolic link is something like "shortcut" in Windows. You can see the result of your command (sudo ln -s ... ) by typing: "sudo ls -lah /etc/apache2/mods-enabled"
Please look here for a short explanation regarding the simbolic links: http://kb.iu.edu/data/abbe.html If you are a newstarter in Unix/Linux/Ubuntu command line, here are some useful links: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/basic-commands/C/ http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide If you would like to deploy any application / software / framework under Linux, you would need to get familiar with the command line first. Wish you much fun with UNIX and web2py, Todor On Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:35:21 AM UTC+3, netcode wrote: > > hello guys, > please am a newbie on ubuntu environment but been using python for a month > now. I am using the InstantPress to make a blog on the web2py framework. > Now, am reading the deployment recipe on the official web2py documentation > but it males no sense to me yet. i get confused at this point: > > Then, enable the SSL module, the proxy module, and the WSGI module in > Apache: > > 1. > 2. > 3. > 4. > 5. > 6. > > sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy_http.load \ > /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_http.load > > Am i to run the command as a single line or am i to break them into two, i > really dont understand the backslah at the end of the first line. cos when > i run as a single line, i dont see anything processing on my terminal. > Also, most links on web2py site are broken, they give an invalid reference > ticket. > > > thanks, > netcode > On Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:35:21 AM UTC+3, netcode wrote: > > hello guys, > please am a newbie on ubuntu environment but been using python for a month > now. I am using the InstantPress to make a blog on the web2py framework. > Now, am reading the deployment recipe on the official web2py documentation > but it males no sense to me yet. i get confused at this point: > > Then, enable the SSL module, the proxy module, and the WSGI module in > Apache: > > 1. > 2. > 3. > 4. > 5. > 6. > > sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy_http.load \ > /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_http.load > > Am i to run the command as a single line or am i to break them into two, i > really dont understand the backslah at the end of the first line. cos when > i run as a single line, i dont see anything processing on my terminal. > Also, most links on web2py site are broken, they give an invalid reference > ticket. > > > thanks, > netcode >
