Install pgAdmin4 v2.0 with python3 on Ubuntu 16.04 DESKTOP mode

Install_pgAdmin4_with_Python3_on_Ubuntu 16.04.md

Install pgAdmin4 v2.0 with Python3 on Ubuntu 16.04 DESKTOP mode

1. Get Python Wheel pgAdmin4

wget https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/v2.0/pip/pgadmin4-2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

2. Install pip3

sudo apt install python3-pip

3. Install virtualenv

sudo pip3 install virtualenv

4. Create virtualenv in dir ~/py3-venv-pgadmin

virtualenv --system-site-packages --python=python3.5 ~/py3-venv-pgadmin

5. Activate virtualenv

cd ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/bin
source activate

6. Check pip3

which pip3
~/py3-venv-pgadmin/bin/pip3

7. Install pgAdmin4

pip3 install ~/pgadmin4-2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

8. For desktop deployment

cd ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pgadmin4
touch config_local.py
nano config_local.py

write:

import os
SERVER_MODE = False
DATA_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(u'~/.pgadmin/'))
LOG_FILE = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'pgadmin4.log')
SQLITE_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'pgadmin4.db')
SESSION_DB_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'sessions')
STORAGE_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'storage')

run:

python3 ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pgadmin4/setup.py

9. Exit virtualenv

deactivate

10. For run pgadmin4 create script ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/pgadmin4.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/bin
source activate
python3 ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py

11. Make script executable

chmod +x ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/pgadmin4.sh

12. Create alias for bash

nano ~/.bashrc

write at the end of file:

alias pgadmin4='~/py3-venv-pgadmin/pgadmin4.sh'

reload bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

now you can run pgadmin

pgadmin4

13. Creating a service to startup at pgadmin4 boot time

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/pgadmin4.service

paste:

[Unit]
Description=Pgadmin4 Service  
After=network.target

[Service]
User=silencio
Group=silencio
WorkingDirectory=/home/silencio/py3-venv-pgadmin/
Environment="PATH=/home/silencio/py3-venv-pgadmin/bin"
ExecStart="/home/silencio/py3-venv-pgadmin/pgadmin4.sh"
PrivateTmp=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

note: my username is silencio

14. Make systemd aware of your new service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pgadmin4
sudo systemctl start pgadmin4 && sudo systemctl status pgadmin4

15. Now check in your browser http://localhost:5050