Hi Nicole, glad you've found Arches and are working your way through it! Both of the issues you mention stem from a misunderstanding of the command window (when I was learning this stuff, I also found that some of the most difficult things were the most basic because so many tutorials assume you know then already).
On windows, to open a "command prompt" like you need for working with arches, just go to the start menu and type "cmd" and hit enter. You should get a console that looks something like this: [image: Inline image 1] But what is it!? Basically, it's way to use your computer without a mouse. The commands that you see in the Arches documentation should be run from here. I don't know if that will solve all your problems, but it's definitely the first step. Some tips on using the windows command prompt: You are always "in" a directory (folder). use cd (change directory) to move to a different folder: cd arches to enter a directory called arches (if it exists) dir to list the contents of a directory cd .. to move "up" one directory [image: Inline image 3] Slightly more advanced: For commands like you are trying to run, it's good to understand how the syntax is working. Generally, the first word is the command itself, and what follows are considered arguments that are passed to that command. So, when you are in the command prompt and you write python -m pip install -U pip you are saying "run python with the following arguments" Later, you'll be using python manage.py packages -o install in which you are instructing python to run the file 'manage.py' and you are passing some arguments to that file. Hopefully that's helps a bit and good luck! Adam On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Nicole Bauer <nbaue...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Arches Community! > > I am very excited to about the Arches Project and this new thing called > Github. Unfortunately, I am a newbie...and have lots to learn. After > searching thru the previous posts on this topic, none seemed to > specifically addressed the items I am struggling with - so here goes. > > I was able to download and install all of the "Dependencies" listed here > http://arches3.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installing-dependencies-windows/ > <http://arches3.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installing-dependencies-windows/>and > I am fairly confident that each are installed in the right locations on my > local machine..... > > However, for PostgreSQL 9.3 - I do not understand the following: > > - After installing PostgreSQL you’ll need to run 2 commands from a > command window (this only applies to PostgreSQL 9.2 and above). Open a > command window and at the command prompt type the following: > > createdb -U postgres -E UTF8 -T template0 template_postgis_20 > psql -U postgres -d template_postgis_20 -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;" > > Where am I supposed to type these lines of code? Do I need to include any > additional syntax? How do I know if this worked? And what the heck is a > "Port"? (I have tried typing the info into the SQL Shell and Python27 > Command Window, but neither seem to work. Screenshots below) > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JalfXaETJro/Vsh4htLEaTI/AAAAAAAACWs/-oycVWAOCgQ/s1600/1.JPG> > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-07AnI7uW9IU/Vsh5SYmUAPI/AAAAAAAACW0/ASo5XOlrHyo/s1600/2.JPG> > > > My second challenge involves upgrading pip.py. I have Python 2.7.9 > installed on my machine, but when I type the recommended code "python -m > pip install -U pip" into the command prompt - I get "SyntaxError: invalid > Syntax" (screen shot below). Wondering, what am I missing here? How can I > get this to work? > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KE8LYH305nY/Vsh7DcZk0eI/AAAAAAAACW8/moSq3jiL5B4/s1600/3.JPG> > > > > Any and all assistance greatly appreciated!!!!!!! > > Nicole > > -- > -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, > send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more > information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Arches Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
