S thanks for the message; ran the command and got: python is not recognized as internal or external command.
you're right i'm way over my head here but that's nothing new. i'd like to play around with appengine and python (or java), and that's how i came across django. admittedly i don't need it as have yet to really grasp coding. i have very rudimentary php/mysql skills, so that's why i thought the python route might be better. mostly interested in full text searches. i use google docs in a classroom environment so appengine seems like a natural extension. thanks for any advice here! paul On Nov 3, 8:20 am, "sstein...@gmail.com" <sstein...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 3, 2009, at 7:26 AM, paulmo wrote: > > > > > thanks for the response but you're ahead of me already..."cd" as in > > put in a compact disc? where is the "untar directory"? > > 'cd' as in change directory > > The 'untar' directory is wherever the `tar` command unarchived the > contents of the .tar.gz file you downloaded. > > This is all to be done from the command line. > > The setup command is: > > python setup.py install > > you've got your period in the wrong place and didn't use python to run > setup.py which is required. > > It doesn't really seem to me that your experience level fits the > solution you're trying to use to solve whatever problem prompted you > to try to install Django in the first place. > > What are you trying to accomplish -- leaving Django completely aside > for the moment... > > S > > > > > > > On Nov 3, 2:07 am, Low Kian Seong <django....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:28 PM, paulmo <paul.moll...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > >>> goal is to check out google appengine using python and django if > >>> possible. running xp, downloaded python 2.6 and django 1.1.1.tar. > >>> i'm > >>> familiar with auto-installing apps and have no idea how to run > >>> django. > >>> i've extracted the tar file to a folder in my downloads. tried > >>> running > >>> cmd prompt < setup py.install > and that did nothing. windows told > >>> me > >>> to add new prog in control panel (??) totally confused by django > >>> site > >>> instructions on running from a cd directory, etc. > > >> Open up a msdos terminal, cd into the untar directory and run the > >> command 'python setup.py install'. Make sure though before this you > >> can run the 'python' command from the command line. > > >>> can i handle this?? thanks > > >> -- > >> Low Kian Seong > >> blog:http://lowkster.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
