Added a lot to the notes in the process of setting up on the

new server

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/misc/notes.txt b/misc/notes.txt
index ab71a99f..e60102fc 100644
--- a/misc/notes.txt
+++ b/misc/notes.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ git clone http://github.com/zsloan/genenetwork.git gene
 Pull from branch in git repository:
 git pull origin flask(or whatever the branch is)
 
+
+**** apt-get is an Ubuntu system-wide package manager, while pip is a Python-only system
+for python packages ****
+
+Upgrade system packages for security updates, etc:
+apt-get upgrade
+
 **"apt-cache search" searches for text in the description for various packages, while
 "apt-file search" searches for files within the packages**
 
+Show information about given result item returned by apt-cache search:
+apt-cache show _______
+
 Search for package with a specified file that can be installed with apt-get
 apt-file search _______
 
@@ -25,9 +35,14 @@ To get server running:
 
 !If having seemingly inexplicable problems with imports, make sure I've started the environment!
 
+Note: Virtual environment is not activated when running as root
+
 Start up virtual environment:
 source ~/ve27/bin/activate
 
+Deactivate virtual environment:
+deactivate (just type deactivate)
+
 To set WQFLASK_SETTINGS environment variable:
 export WQFLASK_SETTINGS=~/gene/wqflask/cfg/zach_settings.py (or wherever file is located)
 
@@ -128,4 +143,7 @@ Python stuff:
 Classes should always inherit "object"
 To iterate through dictionary items: for X, Y in MyDictionary.items():
 
+===========================================
 
+Create symbolic link:
+ln -s dir_to_link_to linking_dir