Thank you for your quick response (and your patience). The following command worked: C:\Python26\Lib\site-package\django\bin> django-admin.py startproject mysite It created C:\Python26\Lib\site-package\django\bin\mysite containing the necessary files. The \django\bin subdirectory contains the file django-admin.py. This appears to be the only subdirectory where the django-admin.py command will work.
If I cd into the subdirectory \django\test then the django-admin.py command gives an error. The tutorial seemed to indicate I could cd just about anywhere to set up the mysite subdirectory. However I appear to be stuck in the bin subdirectory. I guess I shouldn't complain. C:\Python26\Lib\site-package\django\test> django-admin.py startproject mysite 'django-admin.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command.... Thanks for your valuable help, Alex! kkaste On Mar 2, 8:07 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
