Installation instructions from http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Django.

1. Create domain (e.g., django.bikmort.com).
2. Add “/public” to the web directory (in “Users, Files, and Paths” section).
3. Turn on “Passenger” (checkbox under “Web Options”).
4. Create a database (at MySQL Database panel):
   1. Database name (bikdjango)
   2. Hostname (mysql.django.bikmort.com)
   3. First user (jtkorb)
5. Download and run the Django setup wizard
   1. wget http://wiki.dreamhost.com/django-setup.py
   2. python django-setup.py
   3. Name project (mysite)
   4. MySQL database (bikdjango)
   5. MySQL username (jtkorb) and password
   6. Create a superuser (admin, but deleted later for just jtkorb)
6. Problem with Oracle configuration resolved 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.
7. Verify installation

      [charvel] $ python
      Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2010, 17:44:40) 
      [GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
      Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
      >>> import django
      >>> print django.get_version()
      1.2.1
      
      [charvel] $ mysql -u jtkorb -h mysql.bikmort.com bikdjango
      mysql> show tables;
      +----------------------------+
      | Tables_in_bikdjango        |
      +----------------------------+
      | auth_group                 | 
      | auth_group_permissions     | 
      | auth_message               | 
      | auth_permission            | 
      | auth_user                  | 
      | auth_user_groups           | 
      | auth_user_user_permissions | 
      | django_admin_log           | 
      | django_content_type        | 
      | django_session             | 
      | django_site                | 
      +----------------------------+
      11 rows in set (0.05 sec)

Installation instructions from…

      http://www2.jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/may/11/django-dreamhost/

Pretty much followed exactly, eventually, after getting a false start on the 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/

11/21/07: 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)

12/15/07: Updated with svn to revision 6920. Shortened instructions…

      
      % cd django_src
      % svn update
      % pkill python

1/1/08: Updated with svn to revision 6980 (per above).

      Created ~/bin.  Linked /usr/bin/python2.4 to
      ~/bin/python. Prepended ~/bin to my path.

1/1/08: To do…

      Confirm that /usr/bin/python2.4 is being used for python.

      Install pyfacebook, something like...
      % svn checkout http://pyfacebook.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyfacebook
      % python setup.py install