SOLVED-How to run Radicale calendar hosting program in Puppy

[Subito Piano]

Hi all -- i want to test radicale to use puppy on another box to host a caldev calendar for personal use. I installed radicale and the related pyton package via PPM bt upon runnning it i receive this:

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sh-4.3# radicale
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/radicale", line 32, in <module>
    radicale.__main__.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/radicale/__main__.py", line 93, in run
    log.start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/radicale/log.py", line 45, in start
    logging.config.fileConfig(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/config.py", line 85, in fileConfig
    handlers = _install_handlers(cp, formatters)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/config.py", line 163, in _install_handlers
    h = klass(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 928, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/radicale/radicale.log'
sh-4.3# radicale
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/radicale", line 32, in <module>
    radicale.__main__.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/radicale/__main__.py", line 93, in run
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/radicale/log.py", line 45, in start
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/config.py", line 85, in fileConfig
    handlers = _install_handlers(cp, formatters)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/config.py", line 163, in _install_handlers
    h = klass(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 928, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/radicale/radicale.log'

Running TahrPup 6.0.5. In terminal, "python -v" shows version 2.7 installed. Any ideas what i need to do? Thoughts appreciated!

[musher0]

Great, Subito_Piano! But euh... what is "radicale"?

[OscarTalks]

I don't know what radicale is either. This is just a long shot, but looking at the code you posted it looks like the program is trying to write to a log file that doesn't exist (or maybe it is blocked because of permissions). I have seen programs error out when this happens (eg when I compiled IceCast server). Try creating manually the path and blank file /var/log/radicale/radicale.log if it doesn't exist. If it does exist then try to change the permissions to allow the program to write to it.

[Subito Piano]

I'll give it a spin and report back. Thanks, Oscar.

Musher -- Radicale is hailed as a lightweight and simple calendar hosting program. Right now i've a server here at home using TurnKey Linux to host my calendars and to backup my files with OwnCloud. I'd like to see if i can do this all through a Puppy setup, hopefully with radicale for the calendars and pbackup for the syncing. More info on Radicale here.

[musher0]

Aaaah!!! Now he tells us!!!

[Subito Piano]

Ah, yes Musher -- obviously the suspense WASN'T killing you...

Progress, i suppose -- i create said file and open all permissions. Next i attempt to open it in terminal and get -- a blinking cursor!

I recall a similar problem when attempting to get rednotebook working in Slacko -- too many python issues and i didn't have the chops/time to figure out how to make it work so i stayed with Tahr.

[LazY Puppy]

# Config file for Radicale - A simple calendar server
# Place it into ~/.config/radicale/config (user)

[server]
base_prefix = /
can_skip_base_prefix = False
dns_lookup = False

[encoding]
request = utf-8
stock = utf-8

[auth]
type = None

[rights]
type = None

[storage]
type = filesystem
custom_handler =
filesystem_folder = ~/.config/radicale/collections

[logging]
config = ~/.config/radicale/logging
debug = False
full_environment = False

[loggers]
keys = root

[handlers]
keys = file

[formatters]
keys = full

[logger_root]
level = INFO
handlers = file

[handler_file]
class = FileHandler
args = ('/home/pacs/xyz00/users/cal/var/radicale.log',)
formatter = full

[formatter_full]
format = %(asctime)s - %(levelname)s: %(message)s

Found a example config file for Radicale on the web.
https://wiki.hostsharing.net/index.php? ... figuration

[Subito Piano]

Created said file. No good. Went to said web page and created the "logging" file listed on that page below the suggested configuration file in the same folder....then i get:

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sh-4.3# radicale
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/radicale", line 32, in <module>
    radicale.__main__.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/radicale/__main__.py", line 93, in run
    log.start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/radicale/log.py", line 45, in start
    logging.config.fileConfig(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/config.py", line 85, in fileConfig
    handlers = _install_handlers(cp, formatters)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/config.py", line 163, in _install_handlers
    h = klass(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 928, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/pacs/xyz00/users/cal/var/radicale.log'

Soooo....i created /hone/pacsxyzoo/users/cal/var/radicale.log and open permissions up wide and....

sans joie -- back to the blinking cursor!

Lifeline, anyone?

[amigo]

args = ('/home/pacs/xyz00/users/cal/var/radicale.log',)
That is an example path which should be substitued with something more reasonable like:
~/cal/var/radicale.log
but you need to at least create that directory, if not an empty log file to start with.

That said, I think you could go back to using no config file at all, if you create the dir /var/log/radicale and possibly empty radicale.log file therein.

[Subito Piano]

Thanks for idea -- will try. Probably i'd best be smart and try this on a plain vanilla Puppy (i.e., pfix=ram). Trying to squeeze this little project in among work and other "hings..."

[Subito Piano]

AMIGO said:

That said, I think you could go back to using no config file at all, if you create the dir /var/log/radicale and possibly empty radicale.log file therein.

Now that things have settled down and I've some free time, I tried your suggestion. Thanks amigo! That seems to have done the trick -- just by creating the directory. The log file was created automatically when starting radicale.

[Subito Piano]

For anyone trying to install Radicale: after much effort, i discovered version 0.8 is available through the Puppy Package Manager but does not work. Radicale version 1.1.1 and python-radicale 1.1.1 are both available here and work. It's Debian "strech" not "wheezy," but that didn't seem to bother my TahrPup. All other dependencies seem to already installed.
To get it configured for use, i followed the simple directions here.