Where do you have Python installed? I just followed these steps to install Django, worked like a charm (no special setup or anything.) I did this just for the fun of it without any production settings (just to try stuff out), did you do something different?
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/install/ On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:36 PM, PremAnand Lakshmanan <prem1...@gmail.com>wrote: > This is steps I used to download. > > 1. Download from the Django website. > 2. Unzipped it to C:/Django-1.3 folder > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM, PremAnand Lakshmanan > <prem1...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I dont see any file under site packages. I think my Django is not >> installed within Python. >> >> Something is wrong.. >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Yves S. Garret < >> yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Do me a favor and check that you have <your python >>> install>\Lib\site-packages\django\bin\django-admin.py >>> >>> If you do, try that. I don't think I have a C:\django-1.3\... directory, >>> could be an issue with how you installed it (I didn't experiment, there was >>> no need). >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:18 PM, PremAnand Lakshmanan < >>> prem1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> My django-admin.py file is located in >>>> >>>> C:\django-1.3\django\bin\django-admin.py >>>> >>>> I tried executing this command but get the following error in my python >>>> shell, >>>> >>>> >>> python C:\django-1.3\django\bin\django-admin.py startproject mysite >>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Yves S. Garret < >>>> yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> What OS are you running? Is it in your path? >>>>> >>>>> I'm having a similar issue and managed to get around it (although the >>>>> solution is not as elegant as I'd like) using this: >>>>> python C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\bin\django-admin.py >>>>> startproject mysite2 >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:39 AM, PremAnand Lakshmanan < >>>>> prem1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I get the following error when I execute this command, >>>>>> >>>>>> django-admin.py startproject mysite >>>>>> >>>>>> Error: >>>>>> django-admin.py not found. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Prem >>>>>> 408-393-2545 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Django users" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Prem >>>> 408-393-2545 >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Prem >> 408-393-2545 >> > > > > -- > Prem > 408-393-2545 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
