From c4fa0143f7117a07a3f0258a063f5265e795ffbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy (శ్రీనివాస్ రెడ్డి తాటిపర్తి)" Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:28:56 +0530 Subject: Removed "Remove any old versions of Django" install instructions. They are obsolete given the prevalence of pip. --- docs/topics/install.txt | 22 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/topics') diff --git a/docs/topics/install.txt b/docs/topics/install.txt index 19b3a03771..c497c5e2d3 100644 --- a/docs/topics/install.txt +++ b/docs/topics/install.txt @@ -122,28 +122,6 @@ database queries, Django will need permission to create a test database. .. _cx_Oracle: https://oracle.github.io/python-cx_Oracle/ .. _Oracle: https://www.oracle.com/ -.. _removing-old-versions-of-django: - -Remove any old versions of Django -================================= - -If you are upgrading your installation of Django from a previous version, -you will need to uninstall the old Django version before installing the -new version. - -If you installed Django using pip_ or ``easy_install`` previously, installing -with pip_ or ``easy_install`` again will automatically take care of the old -version, so you don't need to do it yourself. - -If you previously installed Django using ``python setup.py install``, -uninstalling is as simple as deleting the ``django`` directory from your Python -``site-packages``. To find the directory you need to remove, you can run the -following at your shell prompt (not the interactive Python prompt): - -.. console:: - - $ python -c "import django; print(django.__path__)" - .. _install-django-code: Install the Django code -- cgit v1.3