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 --no-setuptools --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. Run pgAdmin4

    python3 ~/py3-venv-pgadmin/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py
   

10. Exit virtualenv

     deactivate
    

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

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

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