Re: Django installation on vanilla Mac OSX 10.8.2 mountain lion

On 8/2/13 7:41 AM, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just began using a new Mac at work (running OSX 10.8.2 Mountain
> Lion) and it seems such a mission to install Django. Python 2.7.2. is
> already installed. Following the official Django installation
> instructions, I get no further than trying to get wget-> which I will
> ned to compile with a C Compiler -> which I can get by downloading 1+
> gigs of xCode. Really?
>
> Could somebody please point out a safe and straight-forward way to
> install Django on Mountain Lion?
>
For me, "safe and straight-forward" includes getting my machine set up
as a full development environment in a reproducible way to support
multiple projects. If the priority is *not* saving disk space (or
minimizing download bandwidth), I would suggest the following components:

XCode (compilers etc)
MacPorts (third party apps)
PostgreSQL (from MacPorts postgresql92-server)
virtualenv (from MacPorts py27-virtualenv; this will also probably get
you python-2.7)

You will want to set up your path to find executables in /opt/local/bin/

Use virtualenv to set up a standalone python installation, and pip to
get the packages you need for django.

Use the postgres installation to provide more control over versioning
and the location of your database, setting PGDATA and PGPORT environment
variables to find your server. When developing, I run my server from the
command line.

hth

- Tom

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