AssertionError: Config filename '/usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/development.ini' does not exist

Question

Performing source install from master branch of ckan (e36d471e3daf84a68923f5f6490bbbc7305a9d1c). Installing DataStore per instructions (http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/datastore.html)

Execute:

paster --plugin=ckan datastore

Results in error:

AssertionError: Config filename '/usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/development.ini' does not exist.

The development.ini file is in /etc/ckan/default/, /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ Why is it looking in the wrong directory?

My ultimate goal is to execute paster datastore set-permissions so I can set the postgres permissions correctly.

Answer 1

You always have to pass the option -c /etc/ckan/default/development.ini whenever you run a paster command. It does not automatically know the default location of the development.ini file. You might find this page in the docs helpful: http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/paster.html

Answer 2

you could generate your development.ini like described here: http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/1.1-branch/narr/startup.html (see middle of page by scrolling down.)

Hth :-)