Frederick

On Windows, the easiest (decision-less) way to install Django is using pip 
or easy-install. Get pip first if you haven't done so already. Django will 
then end up in exactly the right place and work faultlessly. I recommend it.

Virtualenv becomes important when you want to run multiple separate Python 
projects (such as Django projects) but it is a complication you can do 
without if you are just starting. For example, you might have different 
projects which absolutely require different versions of (say) Python while 
you are migrating a project from Python 2.7 to 3.x. Or you might be 
committed to maintaining multiple versions of the same software and they 
have different 3rd party app requirements between versions.

VirtualenvWrapper makes manipulating Virtualenv easier but it doesn't 
appear to be available for Windows.

So, Django will end up in the right place if you use pip. If you install 
Virtualenv and activate it *then* use pip to install Django, it will also 
end up in the right place but only for the activated (virtual) environment. 
This is how you can install different versions of software in different 
virtual environments.

The real answer to your question is "you shouldn't care".

Mike

On Friday, December 13, 2013 8:55:50 AM UTC+11, Frederick Miller wrote:
>
> For Windows XP, should Django be installed under the Python27 folder?  Or 
> should Django be on the root of the C: drive?
>  
> Frederick Miller
>


 

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