Maybe your python version is not fully compatible with web2py, since you use the installed python version... You should check which version of python is installed.
import sys sys.version_info I ran web2py under (2, 6, 5, 'final', 0) and Ubuntu server LTS with no problem. Richard On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:06 AM, praveen krishna < praveenchitne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hii, > I have downloaded the source code version of web2py from > http://www.web2py.com/examples/default/download i have unzipped it and > tried to run the web2py by using the comand 'python web2py.py' but it > generating following error in terminal > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "web2py.py", line 16, in <module> > import gluon.widget > File "/home/praveen/web2py/web2py/gluon/widget.py", line 23, in <module> > import main > File "/home/praveen/web2py/web2py/gluon/main.py", line 66, in <module> > create_missing_folders() > File "/home/praveen/web2py/web2py/gluon/admin.py", line 439, in > create_missing_folders > os.mkdir(path) > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/home/praveen/web2py/web2py/deposit' > how to resolve it? > >