Author: russellm Date: 2007-07-12 09:41:32 -0500 (Thu, 12 Jul 2007) New Revision: 5676
Modified: django/trunk/docs/install.txt Log: Fixed #4538 -- Split the installation instructions to differentiate between installing a distribution package and installing an official release. Thanks to Carl Karsten for the idea, and Paul Bissex for the patch. Modified: django/trunk/docs/install.txt =================================================================== --- django/trunk/docs/install.txt 2007-07-12 14:21:51 UTC (rev 5675) +++ django/trunk/docs/install.txt 2007-07-12 14:41:32 UTC (rev 5676) @@ -109,26 +109,30 @@ ======================= Installation instructions are slightly different depending on whether you're -using the latest official version or the latest development version. +installing a distribution-specific package, downloading the the latest official +release, or fetching the latest development version. -It's easy either way. +It's easy, no matter which way you choose. -Installing the official version -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Installing a distribution-specific package +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 1. Check the `distribution specific notes`_ to see if your - platform/distribution provides official Django packages/installers. - Distribution-provided packages will typically allow for automatic - installation of dependancies and easy upgrade paths. +Check the `distribution specific notes`_ to see if your +platform/distribution provides official Django packages/installers. +Distribution-provided packages will typically allow for automatic +installation of dependancies and easy upgrade paths. - 2. Download the latest release from our `download page`_. +Installing an official release +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 3. Untar the downloaded file (e.g. ``tar xzvf Django-NNN.tar.gz``). + 1. Download the latest release from our `download page`_. - 4. Change into the downloaded directory (e.g. ``cd Django-NNN``). + 2. Untar the downloaded file (e.g. ``tar xzvf Django-NNN.tar.gz``). - 5. Run ``sudo python setup.py install``. + 3. Change into the downloaded directory (e.g. ``cd Django-NNN``). + 4. Run ``sudo python setup.py install``. + The command will install Django in your Python installation's ``site-packages`` directory. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django updates" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-updates?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
