What do you mean it gets opened? Also, I'd recommend doing this in a temp My Documents (Documents in Vista/Windows 7) folder, let the installers build the necessary directory trees (get rid of the previous installs.)
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:52 PM, PremAnand Lakshmanan <prem1...@gmail.com>wrote: > I downloaded as mentioned and when I try this command the file setup.py > gets opened. > > C:\Django\Django-1.3>setup.py install > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Yves S. Garret < > yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
