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Since we moved the ``polls`` directory out of the project, it's no longer
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working. We'll now fix this by installing our new ``django-polls`` package.
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-.. admonition:: Installing as a system library
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+.. admonition:: Installing as a user library
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- The following steps install ``django-polls`` as a system library. In
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- general, it's best to avoid messing with your system libraries to avoid
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- breaking things. For this simple example though, the risk is low and it will
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- help with understanding packaging. We'll explain how to uninstall in
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- step 4.
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+ The following steps install ``django-polls`` as a user library. Per-user
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+ installs have a lot of advantages over installing the package system-wide,
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+ such as being usable on systems where you don't have administrator access
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+ as well as preventing the package from affecting system services and other
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+ users of the machine. Python 2.6 added support for user libraries, so if
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+ you are using an older version this won't work, but Django 1.5 requires
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+ Python 2.6 or newer anyway.
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- For experienced users, a neater way to manage your packages is to use
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- "virtualenv" (see below).
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+ Note that per-user installations can still affect the behavior of system
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+ tools that run as that user, so ``virtualenv`` is a more robust solution
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+ (see below).
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1. Inside ``django-polls/dist``, untar the new package
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``django-polls-0.1.tar.gz`` (e.g. ``tar xzvf django-polls-0.1.tar.gz``). If
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@@ -310,9 +313,9 @@ working. We'll now fix this by installing our new ``django-polls`` package.
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2. Change into the directory created in step 1 (e.g. ``cd django-polls-0.1``).
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3. If you're using GNU/Linux, Mac OS X or some other flavor of Unix, enter the
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- command ``sudo python setup.py install`` at the shell prompt. If you're
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- using Windows, start up a command shell with administrator privileges and
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- run the command ``setup.py install``.
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+ command ``python setup.py install --user`` at the shell prompt. If you're
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+ using Windows, start up a command shell and run the command
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+ ``setup.py install --user``.
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With luck, your Django project should now work correctly again. Run the
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server again to confirm this.
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4. To uninstall the package, use pip (you already :ref:`installed it
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<installing-reusable-apps-prerequisites>`, right?)::
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- sudo pip uninstall django-polls
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+ pip uninstall django-polls
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.. _bsdtar: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bsdtar.htm
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.. _7-zip: http://www.7-zip.org/
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@@ -347,11 +350,10 @@ is choosing the license under which your code is distributed.
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Installing Python packages with virtualenv
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-Earlier, we installed the polls app as a system library. This has some
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+Earlier, we installed the polls app as a user library. This has some
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disadvantages:
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-* Modifying the system libraries can affect other Python software on your
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- system.
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+* Modifying the user libraries can affect other Python software on your system.
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* You won't be able to run multiple versions of this package (or others with
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the same name).
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