django/docs/install.txt

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How to install Django
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This document will get you up and running with Django.

Install Apache and mod_python
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If you just want to experiment with Django, skip this step. Django comes with
its own Web server for development purposes.

If you want to use Django on a production site, use Apache with `mod_python`_.
mod_python is similar to mod_perl -- it embeds Python within Apache and loads
Python code into memory when the server starts. Code stays in memory throughout
the life of an Apache process, which leads to significant performance gains
over other server arrangements. Make sure you have Apache installed, with the
mod_python module activated.

See `How to use Django with mod_python`_ for information on how to configure
mod_python once you have it installed.

If you can't use mod_python for some reason, fear not: Django follows the WSGI_
spec, which allows it to run on a variety of server platforms. As people
experiment with different server platforms, we'll update this document to
give specific installation instructions for each platform.

.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
.. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
.. _WSGI: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0333.html
.. _How to use Django with mod_python: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/modpython/

Get your database running
=========================

If you plan to use Django's database API functionality, you'll need to
make sure a database server is running. Django works with PostgreSQL_
(recommended), MySQL_ and SQLite_.

Note that support for MySQL and SQLite is a recent development, and Django
hasn't been comprehensively tested in those environments. If you find any bugs
in Django's MySQL or SQLite bindings, please file them in
`Django's ticket system`_ so we can fix them immediately.

Additionally, you'll need to make sure your Python database bindings are
installed.

* If you're using PostgreSQL, you'll need the psycopg_ package (version 1 --
  not version 2, which is still in beta). If you're on Windows, check out the
  unofficial `compiled Windows version`_.
* If you're using MySQL, you'll need MySQLdb_.
* If you're using SQLite, you'll need pysqlite_. Use version 2.0.3 or higher.

.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
.. _Django's ticket system: http://code.djangoproject.com/report/1
.. _psycopg: http://initd.org/projects/psycopg1
.. _compiled Windows version: http://stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/
.. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
.. _SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/
.. _pysqlite: http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite

Install the Django code
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Installation instructions are slightly different depending on whether you're
using the latest official version or the latest development version.

It's easy either way.

Installing the official version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There IS no official version yet. But once there is, here's how it'll work:

1. Download the tarball of the latest official version from our `download page`_.
2. ``tar xzvf django-1.0.0.tar.gz``
3. ``cd django-1.0.0``
4. ``python setup.py install``

Installing the development version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Make sure you have Subversion_ installed.
2. ``svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django_src``
3. Symlink ``django_src/django`` so that ``django`` is within your Python
   ``site-packages`` directory:

   ``ln -s `pwd`/django_src/django /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django``

   (In the above line, change ``python2.3`` to match your current Python version.)

You don't have to run ``python setup.py install``.

When you want to update your code, just run the command ``svn update`` from
within the ``django_src`` directory.

.. _`download page`: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/
.. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/