Dont worry that it was hard to understand just how to set it up. I had a tough time understanding the directions too!
- JJ On Nov 24, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Timothy Makobu <[email protected]> wrote: > Install setup tools http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.6c11 > Go to the command line (cmd.exe) and type > easy_install django > easy_install ipython (not needed by django, but very useful, as you will see > when you come to running "python manage.py shell" > Then read this WHOLE thing http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/ > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:29 AM, ek_wals <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 24, 3:02 pm, ek_wals <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm at a loss as to installing Django - and I have spent the day > > reading the documentation, the FAQ etc. > > I understand that I should download django, unzip and un-tar, and then > > run setup.py in the resulting directory. When I do this, I get a bunch > > of stuff in that directory, and nothing in my Python site-packages > > directory. > > > > I wish to have my pure-python site packages in a separate directory, C: > > \Python\site-packages, because they are not specific to one of the > > Python versions I have installed. I have added a .pth file to PythonXX/ > > lib/site-packages to include the 'global' packages, and a > > distutils.cfg file to tell distutils about my install preferences. > > > > Django installs to its own directory, not to my requested directory or > > even to the default 'site-packages directory. > > > > What am I missing?? Does Django's included setup.py just ignore such > > details? > > Read the manual stupid -- or in this case the Python distutils source > code! > > It works fine > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
