Virtualenvwrapper

dmeehan

On Webfaction, I was using virtualenv along with virtualenvwrapper to inject my Django environment variables via the postactivate hook. Is it possible for me to install virtualenvwrapper and use it along with the default OpalStack virtualenv setup? Thanks.

sean

dmeehan sure, you can install virtualenvwrapper like almost any other Python package.

Instructions are here: Installing and upgrading Python packages

dmeehan

Thanks. I was able to successfully install virtualenv, but when I tried to install virtualenvwrapper, I get the following error:

SyntaxError: '<' operator not allowed in environment markers
error in setup command: Error parsing /tmp/pip-build-v7YWXE/stevedore/setup.cfg: SyntaxError: '<' operator not allowed in environment markers

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Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-v7YWXE/stevedore/

Any thoughts?

sean

dmeehan what version of Python are you using (ie pip2 or pip3?)

dmeehan

sean I was just trying to install globally for my user using the instructions above.

pip install --user packagename

dmeehan

sean Just to give you an idea of my setup on webfaction:

I'm running Django 1.11
With a Postgres database using Psycopg
I have a "Custom App listening on port"
I'm using Gunicorn as the server and Supervisor to manage it
I'm using virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper for the isolated environment
The virtualenvwrapper "postactivate" hook injects the environment variables for certain Django settings

I don't necessarily need to stick to this setup, in fact I'd prefer to move to the OpalStack default way of doing things if possible. I'm having trouble mapping my webfaction setup to the OpalStack setup.

Thank you for any help you can provide. I have a number of sites to move over, so once I get a working approach I'm hoping the rest will go smoothly.

sean

dmeehan you can use Python 3 to install virtualenvwrapper and still use that to manage Python 2 environments.

Try this:

pip3 install --user virtualenvwrapper

dmeehan

sean thanks Sean! I was able to install virtualenvwrapper and just went ahead and duplicated my webfaction setup with a few minor tweaks.