| Django is available open-source under the BSD license.
It requires Python version 2.3 or higher, but it has no dependencies on
other Python libraries. There are a couple of ways you can get it:
Option 1. Get the latest development version
The latest and greatest Django version is the one that's in our
Subversion repository (our revision-control system). Get it using this
shell command, which requires Subversion:
svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/
Option 2. Get the latest official version
The latest official version is 0.95. Note that we may be making API
changes to selected parts of Django before we reach version 1.0. See API stability for full information. Rest assured that we document each backwards-incompatible change in excruciating detail for easy upgrades.
Here's how to get version 0.95:
First, download Django-0.95.tar.gz. Then:
tar xzvf Django-0.95.tar.gzcd Django-0.95sudo python setup.py install
Note that the last command will automatically download and install setuptools if you don't already have it installed. This requires a working Internet connection.
Also, note this installation method may not work with Python 2.5,
due to the funky way setuptools works. We've fixed this in the Django
development version. If you want to use Django with Python 2.5, we
recommend using the Django development version. You can still use 0.95
with Python 2.5, but you'll have to manually copy the django package into your site-packages directory.
After you get it
See the installation guide for further instructions.
And be sure to sign up for the django-users mailing list, where other Django users and the Django developers themselves all hang out to help each other. |
