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Expand Up @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ and Gunicorn. When we run the `apt` command to install system packages we
will be prompted for the superuser password. Restricted system access is
necessary to modify files within the system folders.

sudo apt-get install virtualenv python-pip python3-dev
sudo apt-get install python3-dev

<img src="/source/static/img/160619-ubuntu-pyramid-gunicorn/install-packages.png" width="100%" class="technical-diagram img-rounded">

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Python-specific dependencies.


## Set up Virtualenv
In the previous section, [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/)
and [pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip) were installed to handle our
[application dependencies](/application-dependencies.html).

Create a directory for the virtualenvs. Then create a new virtualenv.
## Set up a virtual environment
Create a directory for the virtual environments. Then create a new virtual environment.

# the tilde "~" specifies the user's home directory, like /home/matt
cd ~
mkdir venvs
# specify the system python3 installation
virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 venvs/pyramidproj
/usr/bin/python3 -m venv venvs/pyramidproj

Activate the virtualenv.
Activate the virtual environment.

source ~/venvs/pyramidproj/bin/activate

Our prompt will change after we properly activate the virtualenv to
Our prompt will change after we properly activate the virtual environment to
something like `(pyramidproj) matt@ubuntu:~$`.

<img src="/source/static/img/160619-ubuntu-pyramid-gunicorn/venv-activated.png" width="100%" class="technical-diagram img-rounded">

Our virtualenv is activated with Python 3. We can install whatever
dependencies we want, in our case Pyramid and Gunicorn.
Our virtual environment is activated with Python 3.

We should update pip and venv to the latest versions in our virtual environment.

pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

We can install whatever dependencies we want, in our case Pyramid and Gunicorn.

## Install Python Packages
We can install Pyramid, Gunicorn and Waitress into our virtualenv using
We can install Pyramid, Gunicorn and Waitress into our virtual environment using
the `pip` command.

pip install pyramid gunicorn waitress
pip install pip install "pyramid==1.7" gunicorn waitress


No errors like we see in the following screenshot is a good sign.
Expand All @@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ A slew of new files have been created within the "pyramidproj" directory.
These are the basic files you can customize for the web application you want
to build. A good resource for understanding and modifying these files is
to follow the
[quick tutorial for Pyramid](http://pyramid-stevepiercy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quick_tutorial/index.html).
[quick tutorial for Pyramid](http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/1.7-branch/quick_tutorial/index.html).

For now, we just want to use Gunicorn to run our starter pyramidproj app.
Install pyramidproj into your virtualenv using the `python` command on
Install pyramidproj into your virtual environment using the `python` command on
`setup.py`.

python setup.py develop
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