Thanks Graham, I just installed Django and it failed to import. I'm sure it has something to do with 'not being in my PATH,' whatever that means. I wish Django had installation instructions rather than going strait to the tutorial.
The problem I've seen with readings on UNIX shells and the like is that they are filled with jargon rather than english that a beginner can understand. Thanks again, Bradley On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 July 2010 11:51, Bradley Hintze <[email protected]> wrote: >> Carl, >> >> What do you mean by >> >> 'It needs to be put in your path. This is usually done by sourcing a >> shell script before you start working.' > > On a UNIX system, it means that the directory containing any > executable programs you want to be able to run must appear in the PATH > environment variable. > > The PATH environment variable is consulted by your shell to find > executables without you needing to give an absolute path name. > > For example, on my system I have: > > $ echo $PATH > /Users/grahamd/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin > > As is, django-admin.py isn't in my default path. Ie., > > $ which django-admin.py > > returns nothing. > > Now, if for example django-admin.py was in: > > /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Django-1.2/django/bin > > then this directory would need to be added into the PATH environment > variable. For example: > > PATH=/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/Django-1.2/django/bin:$PATH > > You could do this by hand, by having it in a special script which you > source, or be part of your account login scripts (.bashrc for bash > shell). > > In the case of a virtual environment, the 'django-admin.py' command is > actually likely to be in the 'bin' directory of the virtual > environment. Further, the virtual environment supplies an 'activate' > script which will extend the PATH variable, as well as doing other > stuff, to list that bin directory in your PATH. To use that activate > script you 'source' it. Eg for modern shells one can say: > > source myenv/bin/activate > > This should give you a bit of an idea. I suggest you now do some > reading on UNIX shells, the role of the PATH environment variable and > the 'source' command in the shell. > > If instead you are on Windows, then sorry, but someone else will need > to explain that one. > > Graham > >> ???? >> >> Thanks, >> Bradley >> >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Carl Nobile <[email protected]> wrote: >>> django-admin.py is in Django-x.x.x/django/bin after expanding the >>> zip/tarball, etc. >>> >>> It needs to be put in your path. This is usually done by sourcing a >>> shell script before you start working. If you are using windows you >>> will need to put it permanently in your path. >>> >>> ~Carl >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Bradley Hintze >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Your right in avoiding Django. I installed it and can't follow their >>>> tutorial because django-admin.py is no where on my machine. haha >>>> Pylons it is I guess. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Raoul Snyman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 25 June 2010 20:59, Bradley Hintze <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I just talked to him. He just doesn't know about python frameworks. >>>>>> What frame work would you (and all reading this) recommend? Preferably >>>>>> one with a startup tutorial that doesn't requie a degree in CS. >>>>> >>>>> Personally, I use Pylons[0]. It's not one of those "do everything >>>>> under the sun" frameworks, it is more geared towards providing you >>>>> with a smaller, more flexible platform to work on, but it does mean >>>>> that you might need to write a bit more boilerplate code. If you would >>>>> prefer a system that comes with the kitchen sink included, you can >>>>> look at Django[1] or TurboGears 2.x[2]. Another, even simpler and less >>>>> structured than Pylons WSGI framework is Werkzeug[3]. >>>>> >>>>> Personally I steer clear of Django because it's inflexible, TurboGears >>>>> because I have to write too much in places where I would expect it to >>>>> just work, and Werkzeug because it is not structured enough for me. >>>>> Each framework has it's own pro's and cons. >>>>> >>>>> [0] http://pylonshq.com/ >>>>> [1] http://www.djangoproject.com/ >>>>> [2] http://turbogears.org/ >>>>> [3] http://dev.pocoo.org/projects/werkzeug/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Raoul Snyman >>>>> B.Tech Information Technology (Software Engineering) >>>>> E-Mail: [email protected] >>>>> Web: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ >>>>> Blog: http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ >>>>> Mobile: 082 550 3754 >>>>> Registered Linux User #333298 (http://counter.li.org) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "modwsgi" 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/modwsgi?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bradley J. 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