[Mailman-Developers] Error while setting up Mailman

[Abhilash Raj]

Hi Akash,

On 3 March 2015 at 14:24, Akash Agrawall <akash.agrawall094 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Barry,
>
> I fixed the issue by setting http_proxy and https_proxy as root.
> export http_proxy="http://<proxy>:<port number>"
> export https_proxy="https://<proxy>:<port number>"

These are environment variables, you don't need to set them as root.


>
> The command "sudo python3.4 setup.py install" ran successfully.

Are you running mailman in a virtualenv? If yes, then my guess is using
"sudo" is causing your problems. Previously this[1] page (wrongly) did mention
the "sudo" for the above command, but it has now been fixed.

[1]: http://gnu-mailman.readthedocs.org/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/WebUIin5.html

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thanks,
Abhilash Raj