Error on restarting plonectl, and primer request

Plone Support
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I am new, and all documentation you can recommend will help. I have followed the install guide to the letter, three times on an apache server clean install each time.

I really want to use plone, the addons and theming. I am struggling on just getting it started, and running.

For example, i ran buildout.cfg to add an item.

it seemed to go ok, then i restarted, and got this error.

I am using the unified installer, and I can get to and create the plone site, I just get odd things.

Tiny MCE icons are there and not there,

I want to have a Link on top to a folder, and then the pages on the left navigation for the pages in that folder. I looked for docs on that, but I think I am missing a base level primer.

Thank you for your time in reading this. M

ubuntu@ip-172-31-21-129:/usr/share/zinstance$ sudo bin/plonectl status
instance: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/plonectl", line 13, in
sys.exit(plone.recipe.unifiedinstaller.ctl.main(server=None, clients=['instance'], location=r'/usr/share/zinstance ', binDirectory=r'/usr/share/zinstance/bin', fileStorage=r'/usr/share/zinstance/var/filestorage/Data.fs'))
File "/usr/share/buildout-cache/eggs/plone.recipe.unifiedinstaller-4.3.2-py2.7.egg/plone/recipe/unifiedinstaller/ctl .py", line 120, in main
returncode = controller.runCommand(component, command)
File "/usr/share/buildout-cache/eggs/plone.recipe.unifiedinstaller-4.3.2-py2.7.egg/plone/recipe/unifiedinstaller/ctl .py", line 83, in runCommand
po = subprocess.Popen(args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in init
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1343, in _execute_child
raise child_exception

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First thing you need to learn is to describe your observations in a comprehensive way. E.g. when I read "... and got this error", then I expect that the error description follows immediately, not several paragraphes later; how should I understand "Tiny MCE icons are there and not there"? It is vital to take great care with the description of your problems.

I assume that the plonectl status problem is a consequence of an earlier problem with bin/buildout: a buildout consists of different "part"s; running bin/buildout causes buildout to check for each part whether it needs to be updated; some parts can be updated in place, but others require uninstallation followed by installation - if something goes wrong with the installation, then things are missing. Likely, this happened with a resource expected by plonectl.

Rerun your bin/buildout and carefully look at its output. If you have problems with its interpretation, come back with the (exact) output.

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Very fair criticism.

Sorry for the brain dump. I am just over my head a bit, and really was flailing to find the keystone to start a deeper learning of plone.

That really should have been the title.

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Could you include your buildout.cfg here? If you do, erase the line that provides the admin password.