This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to get the Wagtail web framework installed on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10. If you’re a developer who is going to be developing apps in Python, it may be a good thing to use the Wagtail web framework to make the process seamless with rapid development and clean pragmatic design. For more about Wagtail, please visit its homepage. There are multiple ways to install Wagtail on Ubuntu, however, the quickest way is to use Python and PIP to get it installed. Below, we’ll show you how to do that. When you’re ready to get Wagtail on Ubuntu, follow the steps below:
Install Prerequisites
By default, Ubuntu comes with some packages but not everything that allows you to install the Wagtail web framework. For example, Python might not come standard with Ubuntu so you may have to install it. Run the commands below to install Python and Python-pip. That should install what you need to get Wagtail installed on Ubuntu. To verify what version of Python is installed, run the commands below python3 -V and for PIP, run the commands below pip3 -V
Install Wagtail
Now that the basic requirements to get Wagtail on Ubuntu are installed, run the commands below to download and install Wagtail packages. Wagtail has its source code on Github that you can use to download and use. however, the quickest way is to use Python PIP. Run the commands below to download and install Wagtail using Python-Pip into your home directory. That should get Wagtail installed and ready to use.
Create Wagtail App
Now that Wagtail is installed, go and create your first app environment. You can create it in your home directory or anywhere on the system. For this tutorial, we’re going to create the app in the home directory. That should set up the Wagtail environment. When you’re done, run the commands below to create Wagtail super user account. this account will be used to access the Wagtail backend portal. That should prompt you to create a superuser account. When you’re done, run the commands below to start up and run the Wagtail server. Now, open your browser and go to the server hostname or IP address followed by port 8000 You should see Wagtail welcome page similar to the one below To go to the admin backend portal, type That should prompt you for the superuser account and password… and allow you to log on to the backend… That’s it! Although that are many other settings you must configure to suit your environment, the steps above are the bare minimum to get Wagtail installed… To get external access to the Wagtail server, open its settings.py page and add the IP address.
