It has been 4 hours so just so you don't think you are being ignored. :-) Basically, this is why I haven't used Windows since Win98. It wants to take control of everything and guess at what I want. I wish you luck in solving your Windows issues.
It is okay for end-user apps like running a browser but I would never use it for development. I know that there are pepople here taht do and maybe they can help. Cheers, Tim On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Malik Rumi <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, everything went smoothly and beautifully as promised. I got successful > install messages for pip, distribute, virtualenv and django. So first, > thank you both very much. > > However, I seem to be stuck again. I am not sure how to get from my new > virtualenv to django, and windows seems just as confused. When I tried > startproject, windows suddenly wanted to know if I wanted to keep using > python to open .py files, or use notepad or some other program? I said > python, and then it hiccuped, like it was restarting Explorer, and the > command line went back to the prompt with no evidence it executed the > startproject command. I looked in the directory, but saw nothing to > indicate there was a project started. Of course, never having worked with > either django or virtualenv before, I could have missed it. So I tried > again. > > As before, a dialog window opened asking me what program I wanted to > use. While I was taking a screenshot to save for these notes, the dialog > went away and the cmd line reported back that access was denied. > > Then I tried get_version and was told there was no module named django, > even though just a few lines earlier I was told django was successfully > installed. > > Here is that last portion from my command line window: > > *C:\Program Files\Ampps\python\Scripts>project_sl1\Scripts\activate* > > *(project_sl1) C:\Program Files\Ampps\python\Scripts>pip install django* > > *Downloading/unpacking django* > > * Downloading Django-1.6.1.tar.gz (6.6MB): 6.6MB downloaded* > > * Running setup.py egg_info for package django* > > * warning: no previously-included files matching '__pycache__' found * > > *under dir* > > *ectory '*'* > > * warning: no previously-included files matching '*.py[co]' found * > > *under direct* > > *ory '*'* > > *Installing collected packages: django* > > * Running setup.py install for django* > > * warning: no previously-included files matching '__pycache__' found * > > *under dir* > > *ectory '*'* > > * warning: no previously-included files matching '*.py[co]' found * > > *under direct* > > *ory '*'* > > *Successfully installed django* > > *Cleaning up...* > > > *(project_sl1) C:\Program Files\Ampps\python\Scripts>django-admin.py * > > > *startproject* > > * project_sl1* > > > *(project_sl1) C:\Program Files\Ampps\python\Scripts>django-admin.py * > > > *startproject* > > * project_sl1* > > *Access is denied.* > > > *(project_sl1) C:\Program Files\Ampps\python\Scripts>* > > Just to be clear, I do want to get past this but I also want to understand > what is going on, so if you can do both, that would be great. Do I need to > change directories? Try opening a django project thrui the django gui? > Where / how would I do that? Everything I have done so far has been thru > the windows command line. > Thanx. > - - > > On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 11:48:22 AM UTC-6, Malik Rumi wrote: >> >> Boy, the speedy responses on this thread are great! I can't wait to get >> home from work so I can put this advice into practice. And now you know >> what I want for Christmas 😄 - a working installation of django and python >> to play with. >> ------------------------------ >> From: Tom Lockhart <[email protected]> >> Sent: ‎12/‎24/‎2013 9:15 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Can't Install on Windows 8.1 >> >> >> On 2013-12-24, at 6:56 AM, Malik Rumi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you. One more question before I dive in: I already have python >> installed. Are you suggesting I remove it and start over? >> >> >> No. What you will find is that virtualenv will pick up whatever python it >> finds and package it in a new self-contained area. At that point you will >> have full control over what additional things get installed. But it needs a >> python installation somewhere else to get started. >> >> If you have put a bunch of packages into your native python installation >> and are not sure what you have, you may want to re-install just to get a >> clean basic installation. But I haven't had to do that and would not bother >> unless you see other issues. >> >> hth >> >> - Tom >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 8:04:08 AM UTC-6, Timothy W. Cook wrote: >>> >>> Since it appears that you are not too familiar with Python, this may >>> help: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_W02OwHa38 >>> >>> Using a virtual environment and pip will a long way to solving many of >>> your issues. It is considered best practice 'for a reason'. >>> >>> https://zignar.net/2012/06/17/install-python-on-windows/ >>> >>> Then, install django and other requirements inside your virtualenv. >>> >>> >>> >>> HTH, >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Malik Rumi <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hello. This is my first post. 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