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I'm a beginner at programming, and getting started with python and django, so this is probably a dumb question.

I'm trying to install Zulip, which is basically an open source slack. I was going to use python anywhere to see if I could set it up, since python anywhere uses ubuntu.

However, I quickly realized I don't have sudo privileges, which, judging by Zulip's installation instructions, are required. I don't want want to sink a ton of time into this, only to get bogged down in a way that I can't tell if it's just my ignorance getting me turned around, or if it is limits in Python Anywhere.

Any suggestions?

Unfortunately it looks like it needs a dedicated server rather than web hosting like PythonAnywhere :-( They even require a specific version of Ubuntu for it to run. So I don't think you'll be able to get it to run here.

Thanks for taking a look at that for me. Saves me from spending hours trying to figure out whether the problem is my noobishness or an incompatibility. Thanks!

No problem, glad to help! (And sorry that we can't support it, of course :-)