You can use pip install Django if you have already downloaded the tar package. and then go to python via your shell using the python command and then say import Django you will see the next command line without any errors.
On Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 4:49:19 PM UTC+7, Archidjango wrote: > > Hey all, > > I'm a fresh Python/Django user and I'm experiencing a couple of > problems to check if Django is correctly installed on my machine. Well > I guess it's not honestly. > > I used Windows XP and untarred Django 1.1.1 directly on my C: drive. > > > When I try to import django in IDLE, this is what I get: > > >>> import django > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in <module> > import django > ImportError: No module named django > > ---- > > Basically, I think it's downloaded and untarred but not installed > well. > > I tried to follow the instructions on the django website, but I'm not > sure to understand well what is meant by the following: > > tar xzvf Django-1.1.1.tar.gz > cd Django-1.1.1 > sudo python setup.py install > > Could anyone help me please? I'm really a beginner in programmation > (as you probably have guessed), so don't be scared to oversimplify ;-) > > Thanks a lot in advance! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/cfe31594-2608-48dd-9db8-006a81834c33%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

