Installation on MacOSX

Before you begin

1. You will propably need the GIS features of Eden. Before you proceed install the GDAL framework

​http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries

2. You also need to install some modules of python

STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml

• sudo easy_install shapely , also install the same way reportlab, pyserial, tweepy, xlwt

3.In case you want to use PostgreSQL - PostGIS (I assume you already installed the spatial modules before)

Install the one clickInstaller sponsored by EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL and select also installation of postgis. Then based on this article ​http://schwuk.com/articles/2009/09/10/psycopg2-on-os-x install the python database driver

sudo easy_install pip

PATH=$PATH:/Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/ sudo pip install psycopg2

defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Prefer-32-Bit -bool yes

without the last you will not be able to see available the PostgreSQL driver when web2py launch

Download Sahana Eden

If NOT being a Developer, then you can get the last stable release from:

• ​http://launchpad.net/sahana-eden/trunk/0.5.4/+download/web2py.app.eden-0.5.4.w2p

NB The file should end in .w2p - if you have a trailing .gz after that, then remove it from the filename

Install Web2Py

• Download: ​http://web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_osx.zip
• unzip

NB This isn't well-tested...may be better off downloading the Source version:

• http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/web2py_src-1.85.3.zip

Launch Web2Py

• web2py.py
• Select a Password
• 'click here for the administrative interface'
• Enter same password

Install Sahana

• upload application: web2py.app.eden-0.5.4.w2p
• rename it: eden
• submit

Done!

• ​http://127.0.0.1:8000/eden/

Trouble?

• lxml can give trouble on OS X. Try:
  • STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml (adapted from ​this blog post)
  • remove other libxml2 versions, such as may have been installed by fink or MacPorts - ONLY works in unmodified python setup. In case you have modified your python you must link some how the python directory with /frameworks/python otherwise lxml will not being found(not tested)

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