Thanks for your responses. I think I did run setup.py install, but i can't remember -- there were a few rounds of this. I will use this as a guide to see what I did incorrectly.
Appreciate it, On Jun 20, 10:31 pm, TiNo <tin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 02:18, 78fxs <smyth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All righty...not only am i new to django and python, i am new to using > > the terminal on my mac. so this is going to be mickey mouse stuff. > > > i have a few things going on: > > > 1. i think some of my confusion is knowing where these django and > > python folders should be. after i install python and django, should i > > move the "djanjo-1.0.2-final" and "python 2.6.2" folders to my > > applications folder? > > No, usually Python gets installed in /Library/Python/2.x ... or in > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/2.x.. There is no need to move them > afterwards. > > 2. when i installed django i was told that permission was denied to > > > create /usr/local/bin. i think that is creating a problem for me now. > > at one point as i tried to troubleshoot the problem below, i manually > > created the directories: ~user/usr/local/bin . Now, that's not where > > my Python or django folders are - they're in the applications folder. > > i don't know if that helped or just screwed it up. is usr/local/bin > > supposed to be in my root user directory? > > How did you install django? And what version do you want to use (1.0 or > trunk?)? > When you run the python setup.py install command under sudo (so sudo python > setup.py install), you will be able to create the djangoadmin.py file in > /usr/local/bin > > > 3. when i type the command "django-admin.py startproject mysite" i get > > command not found. i believe that is due to django-admin.py not being > > on my system path (page 14 of the django book). so, i need to use this > > "sudo ln ... " command, right? i found out out where my python site > > directory is, using this command from Webmonkey: > > python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print > > get_python_lib()" > > This is correct, this is because you didn't have permission to install > django-admin.py in /usr/local/bin, now it is not installed anywhere. > > I get this result: /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages > > This is where all your python site-packages can be placed, like django :D. > They should go there when you run python setup.py install.. > > I've tried a bunch of ways to do the sudo ln command but i can't get > > > it to work. sometimes it says "file already exists" and other times > > "no such user or directory" or an "illegal option." what is the > > correct way to enter that command? And do i need to enter my password > > for that command, as the Webmonkey tutorial says? > > > By the way, > > when i type echo $PATH i get: > > /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin > > > No idea what that means. > > It means that you can run any of the 'programs' or commands in there without > typing the full path. So if django-admin.py is in one of these directories, > you could directly run django-admin.py. > > You could also do it like this guy does: [1], installing it in some > directory (or checking out from trunk), and then simlinking it into your > PYTHONPATH and PATH. > > ln -s source target creates a 'symbolic link' (shortcut) from the > target 'file' to a real source file or directory. > > PATH (check with echo $PATH): these are directories where the system will > check for commands or programs. > > PYTHONPATH: (check with echo $PYTHONPATH): these are directories where > python will look when you try to import other python files. So you want > django to be on your pythonpath, otherwise you won't be able to import it, > unless it is in the same folder as your project :D > > Hope this gets you started a bit, > > Tino > > [1]http://hurley.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/django-10-install-on-mac-os-x-... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
