django/docs/install.txt

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How to install Django
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This document will get you up and running with Django.

Install Apache and mod_python
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If you just want to experiment with Django, skip this step. Django comes with
its own Web server for development purposes.

If you want to use Django on a production site, use Apache with `mod_python`_.
mod_python is similar to mod_perl -- it embeds Python within Apache and loads
Python code into memory when the server starts. Code stays in memory throughout
the life of an Apache process, which leads to significant performance gains
over other server arrangements. Make sure you have Apache installed, with the
mod_python module activated.

If you can't use mod_python for some reason, fear not: Django follows the WSGI_
spec, which allows it to run on a variety of server platforms. As people
experiment with different server platforms, we'll update this document to
give specific installation instructions for each platform.

.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
.. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
.. _WSGI: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0333.html

Get your database running
=========================

If you plan to use Django's database API functionality, you'll need to
make sure a database server is running. Django works with PostgreSQL_
(recommended) or MySQL_.

Note that MySQL support is a recent development, and Django hasn't been
comprehensively tested with that database. If you find any bugs in Django's
MySQL bindings, please file them in `Django's ticket system`_ so we can fix them
immediately.

Additionally, you'll need to make sure your Python database bindings are
installed.

* If you're using PostgreSQL, you'll need the psycopg_ package (version 1 --
  not version 2, which is still in beta). If you're on Windows, check out the
  unofficial `compiled Windows version`_.
* If you're using MySQL, you'll need MySQLdb_.

.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
.. _Django's ticket system: http://code.djangoproject.com/report/1
.. _psycopg: http://initd.org/projects/psycopg1
.. _compiled Windows version: http://stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/
.. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python

Install the Django code
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Installation instructions are slightly different depending on whether you're
using the latest official version or the latest development version.

It's easy either way.

Installing the official version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Download the tarball of the latest official version from our `download page`_.
2. ``tar xzvf django-1.0.0.tar.gz``
3. ``cd django-1.0.0``
4. ``python setup.py install``

Installing the development version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Make sure you have Subversion_ installed.
2. ``svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django_src``
3. Symlink ``django_src/django`` so that ``django`` is within your Python
   ``site-packages`` directory:

   ``ln -s `pwd`/django_src/django /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django``

   (In the above line, change ``python2.3`` to match your current Python version.)

You don't have to run ``python setup.py install``.

When you want to update your code, just run the command ``svn update`` from
within the ``django_src`` directory.

.. _`download page`: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/
.. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/