On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:05 PM, kkaste <finnka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your quick response. Once I switched from the DOS command > line to the Python prompt I got "import django" to work. The next dumb > mistake I am making comes when I type django-admin.py startproject > mysite at the Python prompt. I get the following error: > File "<stdin>", line 1 > django-admin.py startproject scripts > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Do I need to create something before I do this command? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > kkaste > > On Mar 2, 5:24 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM, kkaste <finnka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I followed the instructions for installing django. Apparently this was > > > successful because I have a folder named django under the site- > > > packages folder of Python26, and a file named django-admin.py in the > > > bin folder under that. So with that success under my belt, I followed > > > the prompts on the django website and moved on to the tutorial. The > > > instructions are "From the command line, cd into a directory where > > > you’d like to store your code, then run the command django-admin.py > > > startproject mysite." I did that but I get the following error: 'djano- > > > admin.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command... So I > > > tried the following command: import django. Again I got the error: > > > 'import' is not recognized as an internal or external command... > > > > > I know I must be doing something dumb, but I don't know what. I am > > > coming from ColdFusion trying to learn Django. I am not used to using > > > the DOS command line. Am I executing these commands from the wrong > > > directory? Please be kind to my ignorance. If your answer includes > > > terms like "system path", or anything else that is not plain English, > > > please try to give me a full explanation. > > > > > Much appreciated, > > > kkaste > > > > You're problem is that you're typing commands liek import django at the > DOS > > command, instead of at the Python prompt. Any command prefixed with >>> > > means it needs to be executed in a python shell. The reason you can't do > > django-admin.py is because it's not on your PATH, someone more familiar > with > > windows could tell you how to alter that, but for now you can get to it > by > > providing it's fully qualified location. > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right > to > > say it." --Voltaire > > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero > >
django-admin.py is a python script, so you run it from the windows shell. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
