The reality is that Django does require a certain curve to get things up and running. When I first started with Django, it was my first time working with the server side and it took me a few months to really get what I am doing. That being said the django community has really been booming this last year or so and there are a lot of tutorials out there on how to set up the 'perfect' server with django.
I have been working on similar Ubuntu computers now for some time (slicehost, development and large scale production) and I could probably write up command by command steps on how to get django set up, but chances are that you don't have an Ubuntu machine and you might not want the MySql, modpython, memcache set up that I have, much less the directory structure that I have. Part of the great flexibility of django is that 'it just works(tm).' Sadly this means that you have lay down the bedrock before you get started. That means you have to have python 2.3 or greater, a database and the python extension of that db (mysqldb), and some sort of serverside http script handler (mod_python). Maybe one day we will see some one click install, in fact I think Media Temple is working on the ability to have a on click django installation on there shared host, but I don't believe django will ever have an installation feature for every system out there. There are just way too many variables and as I said before one of the great features about django is it's flexibility to just work in so many different configurations. I might be able to give you a hand and help you out with package management systems that you might already have on the computers you are working on that might make the process less painful. I will need some information about the systems you are running (what OS, version) and what type of stack you wish to build, looks like you want mysql and mod_python. I hope to help you out. It might be frustrating to start, but I promise once it all clicks you will feel enlightened, Michael On Jun 1, 7:04 am, slix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looking at:http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/install/ > > it just seems a little to complicated to get started. > > i eventually want to run my app on a big server but right now i just > want to launch a small html-site that can do some calculations based > on input and then do some output. > > ive tried before to get mysql and then you need mysqldb etc and then > you have to make it all work together. > > isnt there one download this lick installö and go package? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
