From b9232cd955496b69444ca458fa2ba45ab9e25c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:41:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #4538 -- Split the installation instructions to differentiate between installing a distribution package and installing an official release. Thanks to Carl Karsten for the idea, and Paul Bissex for the patch. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@5676 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/install.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt index e850e48955..1b2919f1bc 100644 --- a/docs/install.txt +++ b/docs/install.txt @@ -109,25 +109,29 @@ Install the Django code ======================= Installation instructions are slightly different depending on whether you're -using the latest official version or the latest development version. +installing a distribution-specific package, downloading the the latest official +release, or fetching the latest development version. -It's easy either way. +It's easy, no matter which way you choose. -Installing the official version -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Installing a distribution-specific package +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 1. Check the `distribution specific notes`_ to see if your - platform/distribution provides official Django packages/installers. - Distribution-provided packages will typically allow for automatic - installation of dependancies and easy upgrade paths. +Check the `distribution specific notes`_ to see if your +platform/distribution provides official Django packages/installers. +Distribution-provided packages will typically allow for automatic +installation of dependancies and easy upgrade paths. - 2. Download the latest release from our `download page`_. +Installing an official release +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 3. Untar the downloaded file (e.g. ``tar xzvf Django-NNN.tar.gz``). + 1. Download the latest release from our `download page`_. - 4. Change into the downloaded directory (e.g. ``cd Django-NNN``). + 2. Untar the downloaded file (e.g. ``tar xzvf Django-NNN.tar.gz``). - 5. Run ``sudo python setup.py install``. + 3. Change into the downloaded directory (e.g. ``cd Django-NNN``). + + 4. Run ``sudo python setup.py install``. The command will install Django in your Python installation's ``site-packages`` directory.