No. Here is a more lengthy explanation as to what you need to do: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/#installing-official-release
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:46 PM, PremAnand Lakshmanan <prem1...@gmail.com>wrote: > Where do I type the following commands? Is it in the python shell? > > tar xzvf Django-1.3.tar.gz > cd Django-1.3 > sudo python setup.py install > > What does tar xzvf mean? > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Yves S. Garret < > yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
