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@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@ Thanks for downloading Django. -To install it, make sure you have Python 2.3 or greater installed. Then run this command: +To install it, make sure you have Python 2.3 or greater installed. Then run +this command from the command prompt: -python setup.py install + python setup.py install + +Note this requires a working Internet connection if you don't already have the +Python utility "setuptools" installed. + +AS AN ALTERNATIVE, you can just copy the entire "django" directory to Python's +site-packages directory, which is located wherever your Python installation +lives. Some places you might check are: + + /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.4) + /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.3) + C:\\PYTHON\site-packages (Windows) + +This second solution does not require a working Internet connection; it +bypasses "setuptools" entirely. For more detailed instructions, see docs/install.txt. |