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07/12/07 09:41:32 (1 year ago)
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russellm
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Fixed #4538 -- Split the installation instructions to differentiate between installing a distribution package and installing an official release. Thanks to Carl Karsten for the idea, and Paul Bissex for the patch.

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  • django/trunk/docs/install.txt

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    110110 
    111111Installation instructions are slightly different depending on whether you're 
    112 using the latest official version or the latest development version. 
     112installing a distribution-specific package, downloading the the latest official 
     113release, or fetching the latest development version. 
    113114 
    114 It's easy either way. 
     115It's easy, no matter which way you choose. 
    115116 
    116 Installing the official version 
    117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
     117Installing a distribution-specific package 
     118~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
    118119 
    119     1. Check the `distribution specific notes`_ to see if your 
    120        platform/distribution provides official Django packages/installers. 
    121        Distribution-provided packages will typically allow for automatic 
    122        installation of dependancies and easy upgrade paths. 
     120Check the `distribution specific notes`_ to see if your 
     121platform/distribution provides official Django packages/installers. 
     122Distribution-provided packages will typically allow for automatic 
     123installation of dependancies and easy upgrade paths. 
    123124 
    124     2. Download the latest release from our `download page`_. 
     125Installing an official release 
     126~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
    125127 
    126     3. Untar the downloaded file (e.g. ``tar xzvf Django-NNN.tar.gz``). 
     128    1. Download the latest release from our `download page`_. 
    127129 
    128     4. Change into the downloaded directory (e.g. ``cd Django-NNN``). 
     130    2. Untar the downloaded file (e.g. ``tar xzvf Django-NNN.tar.gz``). 
    129131 
    130     5. Run ``sudo python setup.py install``. 
     132    3. Change into the downloaded directory (e.g. ``cd Django-NNN``). 
     133 
     134    4. Run ``sudo python setup.py install``. 
    131135 
    132136The command will install Django in your Python installation's ``site-packages``