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--- django_installation_on_dreamhost [2010/11/25 16:49] – jtkorb
+++ django_installation_on_dreamhost [2010/11/29 11:06] (current) – jtkorb
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+====== Basic Django Setup Instructions ======
 Installation instructions from http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Django.
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     - ''wget http://wiki.dreamhost.com/django-setup.py''
     - ''python django-setup.py''
-    - Name project (p)
+    - Name project (mysite)
+    - MySQL database (bikdjango)
     - MySQL username (jtkorb) and password
-    - Create a superuser (jtkorb and admin, not sure both needed)
+    - Create a superuser (admin, but deleted later for just jtkorb)
+  - Found problem with Oracle configuration using "paste" to intercept and display errors from Django.  See [[http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Passenger_WSGI#500_Errors_with_Passenger_WSGI_Workaround|here]] for details.  Current status is that the "purdue" Oracle section of the settings.py file is commented out.
+  - Verify installation
-====== Old Notes from Charvel ======
+        [charvel] $ python
+        Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2010, 17:44:40)
-Installation instructions from...
+        [GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
+        Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
-        http://www2.jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/may/11/django-dreamhost/
+        >>> import django
+        >>> print django.get_version()
-Pretty much followed exactly, eventually, after getting a false start on the
+.2.1
-exceptions in the Dreamhost help pages (flup is not needed).  Enabled admin
-interface, too, per instructions at Jeff Croft site.
-Source code from...
-        http://www.djangoproject.com/download/
-Currently (6/21/07) using development version.  Update with svn...
-        % cd django_src
-        % svn update
-Did (7/14/07) the tutorial starting at...
-        http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial01/
-/21/07: Updated with svn (per 6/21/07 instructions).  Lots of
-updates!  To revision 6709.
-        % cd django_src
-        % svn update
-        % python setup.py install (may not be necessary and gives an error)
-        % pkill python (this *is* necessary)
-/15/07: Updated with svn to revision 6920.  Shortened instructions...
-        % cd django_src
+        [charvel] $ mysql -u jtkorb -h mysql.bikmort.com bikdjango
-        % svn update
+        mysql> show tables;
-        % pkill python
+        +----------------------------+
+        | Tables_in_bikdjango        |
-/1/08: Updated with svn to revision 6980 (per above).
+        +----------------------------+
+        | auth_group                 |
-        Created ~/bin.  Linked /usr/bin/python2.4 to
+        | auth_group_permissions     |
-        ~/bin/python. Prepended ~/bin to my path.
+        | auth_message               |
+        | auth_permission            |
-/1/08: To do...
+        | auth_user                  |
+        | auth_user_groups           |
-        Confirm that /usr/bin/python2.4 is being used for python.
+        | auth_user_user_permissions |
+        | django_admin_log           |
-        Install pyfacebook, something like...
+        | django_content_type        |
-        % svn checkout http://pyfacebook.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyfacebook
+        | django_session             |
-        % python setup.py install
+        | django_site                |
+        +----------------------------+
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