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How to install Django on Windows
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.. highlight:: doscon
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This document will guide you through installing Python 3.8 and Django on
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Windows. It also provides instructions for setting up a virtual environment,
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which makes it easier to work on Python projects. This is meant as a beginner's
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guide for users working on Django projects and does not reflect how Django
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should be installed when developing patches for Django itself.
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The steps in this guide have been tested with Windows 10. In other
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versions, the steps would be similar. You will need to be familiar with using
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the Windows command prompt.
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.. _install_python_windows:
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Install Python
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Django is a Python web framework, thus requiring Python to be installed on your
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machine. At the time of writing, Python 3.8 is the latest version.
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To install Python on your machine go to https://python.org/downloads/. The
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website should offer you a download button for the latest Python version.
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Download the executable installer and run it. Check the boxes next to "Install
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launcher for all users (recommended)" then click "Install Now".
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After installation, open the command prompt and check that the Python version
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matches the version you installed by executing::
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...\> py --version
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.. seealso::
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For more details, see :doc:`python:using/windows` documentation.
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About ``pip``
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=============
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`pip`_ is a package manager for Python and is included by default with the
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Python installer. It helps to install and uninstall Python packages
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(such as Django!). For the rest of the installation, we'll use ``pip`` to
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install Python packages from the command line.
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.. _pip: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
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.. _virtualenvironment:
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Setting up a virtual environment
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It is best practice to provide a dedicated environment for each Django project
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you create. There are many options to manage environments and packages within
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the Python ecosystem, some of which are recommended in the `Python
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documentation <https://packaging.python.org/guides/tool-recommendations/>`_.
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Python itself comes with :doc:`venv <python:tutorial/venv>` for managing
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environments which we will use for this guide.
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To create a virtual environment for your project, open a new command prompt,
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navigate to the folder where you want to create your project and then enter the
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following::
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...\> py -m venv project-name
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This will create a folder called 'project-name' if it does not already exist
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and setup the virtual environment. To activate the environment, run::
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...\> project-name\Scripts\activate.bat
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The virtual environment will be activated and you'll see "(project-name)" next
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to the command prompt to designate that. Each time you start a new command
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prompt, you'll need to activate the environment again.
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Install Django
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Django can be installed easily using ``pip`` within your virtual environment.
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In the command prompt, ensure your virtual environment is active, and execute
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the following command::
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...\> py -m pip install Django
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This will download and install the latest Django release.
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After the installation has completed, you can verify your Django installation
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by executing ``django-admin --version`` in the command prompt.
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See :ref:`database-installation` for information on database installation
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with Django.
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Colored terminal output
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=======================
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.. versionadded: 3.2
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A quality-of-life feature is to output colored (rather than monochrome) output
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on the terminal. This should work both on CMD and PowerShell. If for some
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reason this needs to be disabled, set the environmental variable
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:envvar:`DJANGO_COLORS` to ``nocolor``.
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To enable this, colorama_ must be installed::
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...\> py -m pip install colorama
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See :ref:`syntax-coloring` for more information on color settings.
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.. _colorama: https://pypi.org/project/colorama/
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Common pitfalls
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===============
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* If ``django-admin`` only displays the help text no matter what arguments
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it is given, there is probably a problem with the file association in
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Windows. Check if there is more than one environment variable set for
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running Python scripts in ``PATH``. This usually occurs when there is more
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than one Python version installed.
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* If you are connecting to the internet behind a proxy, there might be problems
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in running the command ``py -m pip install Django``. Set the environment
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variables for proxy configuration in the command prompt as follows::
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...\> set http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:proxyport
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...\> set https_proxy=https://username:password@proxyserver:proxyport
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