[GeoNode-users] 'geonode' command on Ubuntu throws "Unknown command" when called without arguments
Simone Dalmasso
simone.dalmasso at gmail.com
Wed May 11 06:21:56 PDT 2016
http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/customize_lookfeel/customize/setup_admin.html#setup-admin
2016-05-11 15:11 GMT+02:00 Simone Dalmasso <simone.dalmasso at gmail.com>:
> Ha! I see, sorry.
>
> There's definitely a typo there.
> Assuming you created the my_geonode template in /home/geonode the steps
> should be:
>
> 1 $ cd /home/geonode/my_geonode
> 2 $ sudo pip install -e .
> 3 $ python manage.py collectstatic
> 4 $ python manage.py syncdb
> 5 $ sudo service apache2 restart
>
> I'm going to fix the docs. Sorry to not have read carefully it before. And
> thanks for reporting
>
>
>
> 2016-05-11 14:14 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Ducke <benducke at fastmail.fm>:
>
>> On 11/05/16 13:51, Simone Dalmasso wrote:
>> > Sorry I don't understand which 'geonode' command are you referring to.
>> > If you refer to geonode syncdb from the geonode quick setup then you
>> > have to issue it before installing the theme.
>> >
>>
>> I am talking about step 4 in the sequence
>> found here:
>>
>>
>> http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/customize_lookfeel/customize/setup_admin.html#setup-admin
>>
>> This is what the official instructions tell
>> me to do:
>>
>> 1 $ cd /home/geonode/my_geonode
>> 2 $ python manage.py collectstatic
>> 3 $ python manage.py syncdb
>> 4 $ /home/geonode/geonode
>> 5 $ sudo pip install -e .
>> 6 $ sudo service apache2 restart
>>
>> As you can see: in step 4 I am supposed to run
>> the command 'geonode' without any arguments.
>> On a Ubuntu install from packages, this 'geonode'
>> script is located in '/usr/sbin', and when running
>> it without arguments, it will throw an error
>> message.
>>
>> > after it you can still issue all the commands but using python
>> manage.py.
>>
>> Yes, that works fine.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2016-05-11 13:37 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Ducke <benducke at fastmail.fm
>> > <mailto:benducke at fastmail.fm>>:
>> >
>> > Hi Simone --
>> >
>> > On 11/05/16 13:28, Simone Dalmasso wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > yes those steps are for when you installed geonode using apt-get.
>> >
>> > Right, that's what I did.
>> >
>> > > They can be issued as they are
>> >
>> > But then 'geonode' will throw an error
>> > message, as I described. I find that
>> > a little disconcerting.
>> >
>> > > and the geonode theme will be installed
>> > > systemwide as geonode is and you need to have geonode installed
>> before
>> > > doing that.
>> > >
>> > > You don't have to use django-admin except for the template
>> > creation. The
>> > > commands as they are using manage.py work fine. If you installed
>> > geonode
>> > > manually then it depends on your configuration but still is very
>> > similar.
>> > > The geonode command is not used anymore to do collectstatic
>> > because the
>> > > manage.py will take care of it.
>> >
>> > So do I understand correctly, that I can just
>> > skip running 'geonode'?
>> >
>> > Then maybe that step should be removed from
>> > the instructions on the Web?
>> >
>> > Cheers and Thanks for your quick reply!
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> > >
>> > > 2016-05-11 12:57 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Ducke <benducke at fastmail.fm
>> > <mailto:benducke at fastmail.fm>
>> > > <mailto:benducke at fastmail.fm <mailto:benducke at fastmail.fm>>>:
>> > >>
>> > >> Dear GeoNoders,
>> > >>
>> > >> I am currently setting up my first GeoNode installation, and
>> > trying to
>> > >> follow
>> > >> the official documentation on customization and theming.
>> > >>
>> > >> I would appreciate some help/feedback with the 'geonode' command.
>> > >> My OS is Ubuntu 14.04 and I have installed GeoNode 2.4. from the
>> > >> official
>> > >> packages.
>> > >>
>> > >> On this page:
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> >
>> http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/admin/customize_lookfeel/customize/setup_admin.html#setup-admin
>> > >>
>> > >> There is a sequence of commands that includes a call to 'geonode'
>> > (step
>> > >> 4):
>> > >>
>> > >> 1 $ cd /home/geonode/my_geonode
>> > >> 2 $ python manage.py collectstatic
>> > >> 3 $ python manage.py syncdb
>> > >> 4 $ /home/geonode/geonode
>> > >> 5 $ sudo pip install -e .
>> > >> 6 $ sudo service apache2 restart
>> > >>
>> > >> I am assuming that this refers to '/usr/sbin/geonode' when
>> installed
>> > >> from
>> > >> the Ubuntu packages, correct? Said executable is a simple shell
>> > script
>> > >> wrapper for 'django-admin', which just determines whether to use
>> > >> 'django-admin' or 'django-admin.py' (right choice for my OS). So
>> > far so
>> > >> good. However, when just calling 'geonode' without any arguments,
>> > I get:
>> > >>
>> > >> Unknown command: '--settings=geonode.settings'
>> > >>
>> > >> Apparently, this is because the arguments placeholder '$@' in
>> > >> '/usr/sbin/geonode'
>> > >> stays empty in this case, but 'django-admin.py' really wants to
>> > have the
>> > >> name
>> > >> of a subcommand.
>> > >>
>> > >> So my question is: Did 'django-admin.py' use to have a default
>> > >> subcommand in
>> > >> the past, but no longer? Or are the instructions on the web page
>> > above
>> > >> incomplete?
>> > >> Which django-admin subcommand should run in line 4 above?
>> > >>
>> > >> Many thanks for any pointers,
>> > >>
>> > >> Benjamin
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Benjamin Ducke
>> > >> {*} Geospatial Consultant
>> > >> {*} GIS Developer
>> > >>
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>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Simone
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dr. Benjamin Ducke
>> > {*} Geospatial Consultant
>> > {*} GIS Developer
>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Benjamin Ducke
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>>
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> Simone
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