[Tutor] env var packages

[vasya]

Hi, Matthew

First of all, please state what OS do you using?
I think its ubuntu because some kind of this problem I've alredy solved
some time ago: when I've need something like to add "djando-admin.py"  to
my PATH.

What you need to do is to delete your django install that you make from
easy_install and install django from package-manager that provide your
system. How to delete is described here:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/#remove-any-old-versions-of-django

And how to install django depends from system to system... As I said
specify it. For ubuntu it is "apt-get install python-django". BTW
installing packages from packet-manager the most common and the most
clearly and best way to install. Do not try to clone it from git or tar.gz
source code unless you what you do. Or try to use checkinstall (in ubuntu).

About what "djando-admin.py" do. This is script file that generates simple
structure of your future code, small enviroment like "hello world" in other
programming languages. In some distributions (like ubuntu AFAIK) its also
can start simple HTTP server for debugging your django project. On
different systems there is also exists "manage.py" module which also do
this (and this is common way that describes in books). Also it provides
some interface to manipulate on different settings of your django project.
To make simple "hello world" enviroment you should write in your terminal
something like: "django-admin startproject helloworld"


2013/5/14 Matthew Ngaha <chigga101 at gmail.com>

> i have to install django and ive come across some weird instructions.
> it says to set Django's  django-admin.py file to my environment
> variable. I was instructed to get django via easy installer that was
> located in my Python/Scripts folder. it installed django to a
> different place in site-packages, where django-admin.py resides.But
> now its telling me to add this file to my env variable and it should
> also be located in Python/Scripts .. but as i've said, its clearly not
> there, it is somewhere in a site-packages/django sub folder. so is
> this an error? or do i go ahead and add Python/Scripts to the env
> variable, even those the file points somewhere else?
>
> My 2nd problem is it says after adding it i will get a python
> interpreter and Django's djando-admin.py commad up and running. What
> does this mean? both files open? it was specific about adding the path
> to the env variable, but if i already have python added, why do i need
> to add django? shouldnt it already be added? i will quote:
>
> "You should make sure "djando-admin.py" is in your PATH environment
> variable so that it can be executed from the command-line (unless you
> like calling interpreters by using full pathnames)"
>
> does this mean in a terminal, that i can be in
> "Python/myproject/script_one/" and be able to open a .py file in
> "Python/myproject/script_two/" by simpling typing its file name
> without having to cd into its directory or typing its full path?
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