Pylons install on Kubuntu is just so dirt simple.

Pylons is a web framework that uses Python. It also has Ajax built in. I find Pylons the most interesting of all the Python web frameworks and more powerful as it really is pretty close to writing native Python code in than say: Spyce/PSP. There are other Python frame works also that also look good, but I choose Pylons because it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel and just looked cleaner. Also check out Django and TurboGears these look really good also.

I am really just getting started using Pylons myself so I will post more on the subject as I get my site developed. I will be hosting my Pylons site on Dreamhost via fastCGI and using MySQL as my database. I will post info on that as well once I get to that point.

First thing you need is mod_python and Apache web server. Python should already be installed on Kubuntu. Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-python python-setuptools

Now you are ready to install Pylons, type:

sudo easy_install Pylons

Open your web browser and point to localhost to make sure Apache is fired up running.

Getting started with Pylons.

Create a project and fire it up like so in the terminal:

paster create --template=pylons name_of_site

cd name_of_site

paster serve --reload development.ini

In your home directory you will find your project directory. Test it is running by opening the browser and pointing to http://localhost:5000

If you see "Welcome to Pylons" you are ready to start building your site.

Let's install MySQL, you could also use PostgresSQL, Sleepycat, MySQLLite, etc, but I am using MySQL for ease of setup on Dreamhost. Also installing some tools for easy management; although, you can do everything in Pylons if you wish. Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-admin mysql-query-browser

Here are some really great getting started guides.

Getting started withAjax

This will get you started using MySQL and Pylons (Python) by creating a simple Blog.