This refers to an old version of a file which has been renamed (it shouldn't still exist on svn;) Please use the current file - and you might as well get it from the master repository: wget http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Emdipierro/web2py/devel/annotate/head%3A/scripts/setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh sudo sh ./setup-web2py-ubunt.sh Also, read through this script before running it: it has many side-effects not about web2py at all. For example, it installs many packages (apt-get ....) which may affect your ubuntu in ways you do not want. For example, Ubuntu currently comes with Python 2.6 installed; you DO NOT need Python 2.5 to run web2py (this part of the script is completely gratuitous, unnecessary). Consider carefully all the pieces in this script. Having said that, the script can provide a good starting point for seting up your own web2py installation with apache.