Running a personal instance of the editor on Ubuntu

Installation

1. Install Git and Python 3 using the packaging system: apt install git python3
2. If you already have two versions of Python installed on your PC, the command python might run the wrong version. The easiest way of making sure you use the right one is to create a virtual environment. Here's how to do that: pip3 install virtualenv virtualenv -p python3 numbas_venv source numbas_venv/bin/activate You'll need to activate the virtual environment each time you want to use it.
3. Either download the Numbas runtime tools from github and extract to a folder called numbas_runtime, or use git to clone the repository: git clone git://github.com/numbas/Numbas.git numbas_runtime
4. Either download the Numbas editor from github and extract to a folder called numbas_editor, or use git to clone the repository: git clone git://github.com/numbas/editor.git numbas_editor
5. Install all the required Python modules: pip3 install -r numbas_editor/requirements.txt pip3 install -r numbas_runtime/requirements.txt

Configuration

• Navigate to numbas_editor and run python first_setup.py

  This will configure the editor based on your answers to a few questions, and write numbas/settings.py.

  The default answers for most of the questions apply only to multi-user instances; make the appropriate changes using the paths described in the earlier steps.

  If you've followed these instructions exactly, use the following values:

  Path of the Numbas compiler

  ../numbas_runtime

  Which database engine are you using?

  sqlite3

  Where are static files stored?

  static/

  Where are uploaded files stored?

  media/

  Where are preview exams stored?

  editor/static/previews/

  Base URL of previews

  /static/previews/

  If you make any mistakes, you can run the script again, or edit numbas/settings.py directly.

• Start the server python manage.py runserver
• Open htttp://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Ongoing maintenance

If you used git to clone the runtime and editor repositories, run the following commands to update your installation: cd numbas_editor git pull origin master python manage.py migrate pip install -r requirements.txt cd ../numbas_runtime git pull origin master pip install -r requirements.txt

The admin site, where you can manually edit entries in the database, is at http://localhost:8000/admin.