Why Does Web2py Crash For Me Upon Startup?

I'm trying to get web2py running on an Ubuntu machine. All the docs seem to indicate that to run it on a *nix system, you download the source and do: python web2py.py I grabbed th

Solution 1:

I just downloaded and web2py runs ok in ubuntu, python 2.7.2+

bruce@vaiubuntu:~/Downloads/web2py$ python web2py.py

web2py Web Framework
Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-2011
Version 1.99.4 (2011-12-14 14:46:14) stable
Database drivers available: SQLite3, pymysql, PostgreSQL
Starting hardcron...

Are you trying to run web2py on appengine environment?

Do you have SQLITE module working ok in your Python?

A possibility is permission issue, your user have permission to write to web2py/* folder?

Solution 2:

It looks like a bug in web2py 1.99.4. I was having the same problem using Postgres and psycopg2, but in Windows.

I tried with 1.99.2 and it worked fine.

Actually, the bug seems to be related to the cryptic error message - 1.99.2 gave me the error message that the database doesn't exist, which was easily fixed. 1.99.4 does not mention the missing database. However, when I created the database and tried with 1.99.4, it worked fine.