please take your instructions and put them up somewhere OFFICIAL, because I was following directions that were MUCH more complicated.
I just did what you said... and now I have django. I will proceed to try and set up Mysql now, so that I can get to testing the python code I have. What I get from what you said is that I don't need to have django running in apache to test out my web-db app. Is that right? On Feb 9, 1:54 pm, Wilson MacGyver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you made it more complex than it really has to be, > especially for learning. > > For a straight OSX install when I first started messing around > with django. here is what I did. > > Step 1: download and install macpython from the python.org > url ishttp://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1-macosx.dmg > > this ensures you have python 2.5.1 > > Step 2: download the stable version > fromhttp://www.djangoproject.com/download/0.96.1/tarball/ > > Step 3: On OSX, I untar it and install from my home dir. > by doing this. > > Assuming I'm at my home directory. > tar xzvf Django-0.96.1.tar.gz > cd Django-0.96.1 > sudo python setup.py install > > that's it. you are done. No need to mess with apache, no > need to mess with mod_python. Worry about that when you > are doing deployment, not when you want to get started and > learn django. > > After these 3 steps above, you are ready to follow along > the tutorial for 0.96 > > http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/0.96/tutorial01/ > > newbiedoobiedoo wrote: > > i was totally stoked about python. it seemed like the best language > > i'd seen > > in a while. > > > but i must confess i've just looked at the script for installing the > > development > > environement > >http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SimpleBashScriptToSetupDevelopment... > > > this is after installing svn, trying to get mod_python installed, > > etc. > > > i'm a health care person, who does a little programming. > > > i'm beat. i'm done. python is only for turbo charged hackers. > > i might be able to program in it. but i sure as h*** can't install > > it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
