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web2py 4

Working with web2py on a server turns out to be troublesome. Because applications often suppose admin operations are performed on a local server. Moreover, the assumption goes into the core of web2py codes in some cases. For example, when inserting data to a database in appadmin of an application, a dialog box shows a selection of folders and files, not of the server, but of the client computer on the LAN. I don't know how to fix it without touching the code in web2py.

My current position is not a developer, but a user. So, avoiding the trouble, I'm going to install a desktop upon server, to do administration work on the local server. This page explains how to install Japanese desktop on an Ubuntu server. Following the instructions, add the repository as

wget -q https://www.ubuntulinux.jp/ubuntu-ja-archive-keyring.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget https://www.ubuntulinux.jp/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-ja.list
sudo apt-get update

Upgrade

sudo apt-get upgrade

Install desktop

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

To create the remixed Japanese version,

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop-ja

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