The setup.py just gets opened as a text file. But you can ignore it now, Django got installed once I used this command,
python setup.py install instead of setup.py install Thanks for your great support. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Yves S. Garret <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Prem 408-393-2545 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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