Updated INSTALL file

setup.py does not require an Internet connection nor setuptools. That was
fixed in [3906]. Updated the minimum Python version as well.

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Thanks for downloading Django. Thanks for downloading Django.
To install it, make sure you have Python 2.3 or greater installed. Then run To install it, make sure you have Python 2.4 or greater installed. Then run
this command from the command prompt: this command from the command prompt:
python setup.py install python setup.py install
Note this requires a working Internet connection if you don't already have the
Python utility "setuptools" installed.
AS AN ALTERNATIVE, you can just copy the entire "django" directory to Python's AS AN ALTERNATIVE, you can just copy the entire "django" directory to Python's
site-packages directory, which is located wherever your Python installation site-packages directory, which is located wherever your Python installation
lives. Some places you might check are: lives. Some places you might check are:
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.5)
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.4) /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.4)
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.3)
C:\\PYTHON\site-packages (Windows) C:\\PYTHON\site-packages (Windows)
This second solution does not require a working Internet connection; it
bypasses "setuptools" entirely.
For more detailed instructions, see docs/intro/install.txt. For more detailed instructions, see docs/intro/install.txt.