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Intro#
I've decided to keep these large frameworks isolated.
Procedure#
Install virtualenv#
See Virtual Python Environments for detailed instructions.
Check out Django source.#
(django_env) $ svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django-trunk
Make sure that the Python interpreter can load Django’s code#
There are various ways of accomplishing this. One of the most convenient, on Linux, Mac OSX or other Unix-like systems, is to use a symbolic link:
(django_env) $ ln -s `pwd`/django-trunk/django SITE-PACKAGES-DIR/django
In the above line, change SITE-PACKAGES-DIR to match the location of your system’s site-packages directory. In my case, this was (from /Users/arcoleo/Python/django_env/)
(django_env) $ ln -s `pwd`/django-trunk/django /Users/arcoleo/Python/django_env/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django
Add django-admin.py to path (only for current virtualenv)#
(django_env) $ ln -s /Users/arcoleo/Python/django_env/django-trunk/django/bin/django-admin.py /Users/arcoleo/Python/django_env/bin
There is also no need to run python setup.py install. That's now accomplished.
Create a django project#
Create initial layout#
(django_env) $ cd ~/code/django-projects (django_env) $ django-admin.py startproject mysite
Run it#
(django_env) $ cd ~/code/django-projects/mysite (django_env) $ python manage.py runserver 8080
Test it#
Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/
See also...#
Django Add-ons#
Possible problems#
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