Below is the information on adding python to your windows path from the python website
http://docs.python.org/faq/windows.html for windows 7 you just go into 'edit environment variables for your account' under system in control panel and add your python path (e.g. c:\python27) to the 'Path' field under 'System Variables'. There will be other paths in the field so just add to the end with a ;. Regards, Sam On Jun 7, 4:05 am, Xavier Ordoquy <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 7 juin 2011 à 07:59, Dori Rutkevitz a écrit : > > > Hi all, > > > I am new to programming in general and recently decided to pick up Django. > > Im reading bits of a book on Python, and im starting to stumble through the > > Djangoproject.com tutorial. My problem might be embarrassingly simple, but > > i could really use some help. > > > I created my first project using django-admin.py startproject mysite , > > although this didnt work untill i manually added the folder containing > > django-admin.py to my system path. > > > now, from within the new directory i created, i try to run python manage.py > > runserver and get the following message: > > > Python is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable > > program or batch file. > > > I dont know whats wrong. Im getting the sense that maybe i installed django > > wrong? i dont know why else i had to add something to my system path which > > was supposed to be there, and why now Python isnt recognized. > > > I did the tests on the djangoproject.com to see if it all installed > > correctly - that is, i import django without a problem. > > > Can anyone give me some pointers here? I would really appreciate any help. > > Hi, > > You seem to be on windows and it looks like the python.exe isn't in your > standard path. > I don't know what the command is on windows but you should add python.exe in > your path. > The equivalent command on unix is export PATH=yourpath:$PATH > > Hope this will help, > Regards, > Xavier. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" 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-users?hl=en.
