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Marcus Junius Brutus
Asked: 2013-11-09 16:01:08 +0800 CST

How to install Django 1.6?

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Appears to be installing Django 1.3.1 in Ubuntu 12.04. How can I get Django 1.6 installed?

sudo apt-get install python-django
django

2 Answers

  1. While you can install it manually (setup.py), I recommend using the Python package manager as it is easier to install, maintain and upgrade.

    1. Install Pip, the Python package manager.

      sudo apt-get install python-pip

    2. Optionally, but recommended, upgrade pip, using itself:

      sudo pip install -U pip

    3. Install the latest stable version of Django:

      sudo pip install Django

      This installs 1.6.2 at the time of writing(check here the latest pypi version).

    To install a specific version, add a requirement specifier like this:

    sudo pip install Django==1.6.2

    Note that APT, the Debian/Ubuntu package management will still report the older version installed and it is still installed as well. APT installs in dist-packages paths while Pip installs in the site-packages paths. The latter takes precedence, so that's locally installed packages will be chosen. See also: What's the difference between dist-packages and site-packages?

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  2. Best Answer

    First remove the previously installed django 1.3.1 version by deleting the django folder inside /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/dist-packages(x.x denotes the version of python).Then follow the below steps,

    • Download Django 1.6 from here.

    • Open the terminal and move to the directory where you placed the Django 1.6.

      cd path/to/driectory/which/contains/django1.6.tar.gz

    • Extract the django1.6.tar.gz by running the below command.

      tar -xzvf Django-1.6.tar.gz

    • Move to the Django-1.6 directory

      cd Django-1.6

    • Run the below command to install Django-1.6

      sudo python setup.py install

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