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How to install Django
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This document will get you up and running with Django.
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Install Apache and mod_python
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If you just want to experiment with Django, skip this step. Django comes with
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its own Web server for development purposes.
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If you want to use Django on a production site, use Apache with `mod_python`_.
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mod_python is similar to mod_perl -- it embeds Python within Apache and loads
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Python code into memory when the server starts. Code stays in memory throughout
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the life of an Apache process, which leads to significant performance gains
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over other server arrangements. Make sure you have Apache installed, with the
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mod_python module activated.
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If you can't use mod_python for some reason, fear not: Django follows the WSGI_
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spec, which allows it to run on a variety of server platforms. As people
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experiment with different server platforms, we'll update this document to
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give specific installation instructions for each platform.
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.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
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.. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
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.. _WSGI: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0333.html
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Get your database running
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If you plan to use Django's database API functionality, you'll need to
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make sure a database server is running. Django works with PostgreSQL_
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(recommended) or MySQL_.
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Note that MySQL support is a recent development, and Django hasn't been
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comprehensively tested with that database. If you find any bugs in Django's
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MySQL bindings, please file them in `Django's ticket system`_ so we can fix them
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immediately.
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Additionally, you'll need to make sure your Python database bindings are
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installed.
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* If you're using PostgreSQL, you'll need the psycopg_ package (version 1 --
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not version 2, which is still in beta). If you're on Windows, check out the
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unofficial `compiled Windows version`_.
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* If you're using MySQL, you'll need MySQLdb_.
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.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
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.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
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.. _Django's ticket system: http://code.djangoproject.com/report/1
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.. _psycopg: http://initd.org/projects/psycopg1
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.. _compiled Windows version: http://stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/
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.. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
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Install the Django code
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Installation instructions are slightly different depending on whether you're
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using the latest official version or the latest development version.
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It's easy either way.
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Installing the official version
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There IS no official version yet. But once there is, here's how it'll work:
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1. Download the tarball of the latest official version from our `download page`_.
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2. ``tar xzvf django-1.0.0.tar.gz``
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3. ``cd django-1.0.0``
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4. ``python setup.py install``
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Installing the development version
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1. Make sure you have Subversion_ installed.
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2. ``svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django_src``
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3. Symlink ``django_src/django`` so that ``django`` is within your Python
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``site-packages`` directory:
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``ln -s `pwd`/django_src/django /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django``
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(In the above line, change ``python2.3`` to match your current Python version.)
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You don't have to run ``python setup.py install``.
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When you want to update your code, just run the command ``svn update`` from
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within the ``django_src`` directory.
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.. _`download page`: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/
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.. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
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