Django installation first time

Question

I started learning DJango for the first time. I have some amount of basic knowledge of python but DJango is first for me. I started with the documentation page of django, but i am getting stuck where it asks for

python manage.py syncdb

At present i do not have any database, so i assumed that SQLite comes with django. Not sure how to go ahead? Also i have downloaded the virtualenv-1.7.1.2 and installed it as well with,

python virtualenv.py ENV

I am following this video tutorial, it asks me to use,

sudo pip install virtualenv

But when i write the above code, the output is,

sudo: pip: command not found

Help me out!!

Answer 1

Do not use sudo with virtualenv this is the easiest way to multiple problems later.

Begin by installing virtualenv - sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

Next, as your normal user run the following commands:

1. $ virtualenv --no-site-packages django-env
2. $ source django-env/bin/activate
3. (django-env)$ pip install django
4. (django-env)$ django-admin.py startproject myproject
5. (django-env)$ cd myproject
6. (django-env)/myproject$ nano settings.py
7. In settings.py, after 'ENGINE:' type 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', (don't forget the comma)
8. In settings.py, after the 'NAME:' type 'site.db', (again, don't forget the comma)
9. Save the file, and exit the editor
10. (django-env)/myproject$ python manage.py syncdb