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diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt index fb1bd73122..ff8e1a8318 100644 --- a/docs/install.txt +++ b/docs/install.txt @@ -84,9 +84,12 @@ Installing the official version Note that the last command will automatically download and install setuptools_ if you don't already have it installed. This requires a working Internet +connection and may cause problems on Python 2.5. If you run into problems, +try using our development version by following the instructions below. The +development version no longer uses setuptools nor requires an Internet connection. -This will install Django in your Python installation's ``site-packages`` +The command will install Django in your Python installation's ``site-packages`` directory. .. _setuptools: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools @@ -94,19 +97,34 @@ directory. Installing the development version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +If you'd like to be able to update your Django code occasionally with the +latest bug fixes and improvements, follow these instructions: + 1. Make sure you have Subversion_ installed. -2. ``svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django_src`` -3. Symlink ``django_src/django`` so that ``django`` is within your Python - ``site-packages`` directory: +2. Check out the Django code into your Python ``site-packages`` directory. + On Linux / Mac OSX / Unix, do this:: - ``ln -s `pwd`/django_src/django /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django`` + svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django_src + ln -s `pwd`/django_src/django /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django (In the above line, change ``python2.3`` to match your current Python version.) -You don't have to run ``python setup.py install``. + On Windows, do this:: + + svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/django c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django + +4. Copy the file ``django_src/django/bin/django-admin.py`` to somewhere on your + system path, such as ``/usr/local/bin`` (Unix) or ``C:\Python24\Scripts`` + (Windows). This step simply lets you type ``django-admin.py`` from within + any directory, rather than having to qualify the command with the full path + to the file. + +You *don't* have to run ``python setup.py install``, because that command +takes care of steps 3 and 4 for you. -When you want to update your code, just run the command ``svn update`` from -within the ``django_src`` directory. +When you want to update your copy of the Django source code, just run the +command ``svn update`` from within the ``django`` directory. When you do this, +Subversion will automatically download any changes. .. _`download page`: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/ .. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/ |