JoeLinux, Oh interesting. It seems the 64 bit version is sort of unclear. Any help there?
Would I be able to install my Python is well with a smaller command? I am back at ground zero because I had to adjust the Python version back to 2.5 so Django would agree. I am interested just not sure how to work the 64 bit version. Thanks! JJ On Nov 24, 11:40 am, Joey Espinosa <jlouis.espin...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you install the "setuptools" package (http://goo.gl/UjFh), then all you > have to do to install Django (or any other Python library) is this: > > easy_install django > > And it will handle the rest. Just a suggestion. > > -- > Joey "JoeLinux" Espinosa > Software Developerhttp://about.me/joelinux > On Nov 24, 2011 10:37 AM, "Tom Evans" <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5:00 AM, JJ Zolper <jzth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am new to Django! I was able to download and install: Python 2.7.2 > > > x86 64 on my Windows 7 64 bit machine. I think that is all that I will > > > need to execute the command line? > > > > I installed Python to C:/Python27 as the program intended. > > > > I then downloaded: Django-1.3.1.tar.gz file and was try to figure > > > where to go to next. I used the 7 zip to extract it to: > > > Django-1.3.1.tar. But I wasn't sure the next steps. I opened the > > > Python cmd prompt. I typed the command in: tar xzvf Django-*.tar.gz. > > > But I got errors about the portion "xzvf" I feel that the directories > > > are not set up correctly. Do I need to adjust my command for the > > > directory because I already tried that. > > > > I would really appreciate a step through that would get me all set up > > > with the baseline. I am interested to moving on from to the more in > > > depth chapters. I tried hard to understand the input from the comments > > > on the page but I was unable to find anything that gave me any sense > > > of direction on how to place the Django files. > > > > Thanks! > > > > JJ > > > > PS. sorry this is available and I didn't see it in the new booklet. > > > tar.gz is a gzipped (.gz) tape archive (.tar) file. 7zip should be > > able to gunzip it and extract the files from the archive - it might > > require two steps. > > > The 'tar xzvf…' command is how one extracts a tar.gz under unix/linux > > from the OS command line - not the python command line. As the docs > > say, you can download and install bsdtar in windows, in which case the > > OS command would be 'bsdtar zxvf …'. > > > This is the second time this week someone has had issues extracting a > > tgz on windows - any chance that django could be packaged up in a more > > Windows friendly zip file format in addition to tgz? > > > Cheers > > > Tom > > >https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/install/#installing-an-o... > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
