{"id":1235,"date":"2019-02-27T12:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T07:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.openwebsolutions.in\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2019-02-27T15:01:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T09:31:58","slug":"learn-install-django-set-up-project-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openwebsolutions.in\/blog\/learn-install-django-set-up-project-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Install Django and Set Up project on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Django is a free and open-source web framework which is written in Python.<\/span> Django can be installed on a server in many ways, mainly there are three different ways to install Django<\/span><\/p>\n

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Django installation with pip.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Install Django with virtualenv.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Install Django from it’s github repository.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After installing Django, I will show you the first steps to start a new project with the Django web framework.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start the installation process<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 1 \u2014 Install Python and pip<\/span><\/h2>\n

first, we need to update the local APT repository to install Python<\/span><\/p>\n

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$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade<\/span><\/p>\n

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After this we can install Python 3 by using the following command:<\/span><\/p>\n

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$ sudo apt-get install python3<\/span><\/p>\n

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After installing Python, we need pip in order to install packages from PyPi, Python\u2019s package repository.<\/span><\/p>\n

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$ <\/span>sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 2 \u2014 Install virtualenv<\/span><\/h2>\n

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virtual environment<\/span><\/a>(virtualenv) is where user can install software and Python packages, this will isolate the installed software and packages from your machine\u2019s global environment. It will prevent conflicting packages or software from interacting with each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

For installing virtualenv, we will use the pip3 command<\/span><\/p>\n

$ <\/span>pip3 install virtualenv<\/span><\/p>\n

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After the execution of this command, virtualenv is successfully installed in your computer<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 3 \u2014 Install Django<\/span><\/h2>\n

Option 1: Install Django Globally with pip<\/span><\/p>\n

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As we have already installed pip.<\/span> Now we can use the pip command to install python packages. now install Django on our server using the following pip command:<\/span><\/p>\n

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$ <\/span>pip install django==1.10<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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We set django==1.10 to get a specific version. If you want some other version, just change the number<\/span><\/p>\n

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Option 2: <\/span>Install Django with virtualenv<\/span><\/p>\n

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Virtualenv is already installed Now we can use the virtualenv command to create a new environment with python3 as default python version. Now create a new environment “myenv” with python3 as the python version and pip3 for the Django installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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virtualenv –python=python3 <\/span><\/i>myenv<\/span><\/p>\n

myenv is the name of the environment. The command will create a new directory called myenv which contains the directories bin, include and lib. The virtualenv has been created, now let’s log into the new environment with the command below:<\/span><\/p>\n

source <\/span><\/i>myenv<\/span>\/bin\/activate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Or you can run the following command<\/span><\/p>\n

myenv<\/span>\/bin\/activate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Next, install Django in the newly created virtual environment<\/span><\/p>\n

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pip install django==1.10<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Option 3: <\/span>Install Django from it’s github repository.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you want the latest version of Django, then you can install directly from the source.<\/p>\n

Now I will show you how to install Django manually from the Django Git repository. First Install git using the following command below:<\/span><\/p>\n

apt-get install git -y<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Next, create virtual environment for python and activate it:<\/span><\/p>\n

virtualenv –python=python3 django-git<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

source django-git\/bin\/activate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Then clone the Django git repository with the command below:<\/span><\/p>\n

cd django-git<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

git clone git:\/\/github.com\/django\/django django-dev<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Install django with this pip command:<\/span><\/p>\n

pip install -e django-dev\/<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

-e = \u00a0Install a package in editable mode or a local package. <\/span><\/p>\n

Step 4 \u2014 Creating a Django Test Project<\/span><\/p>\n

In this step, we will install Django inside a virtual environment and then start our first project with Django.<\/span><\/p>\n

Install virtualenv on the server and create a new environment named ‘newdjango’ :<\/span><\/p>\n

pip install virtualenv<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

virtualenv –python=python3 <\/span><\/i>newdjango<\/span><\/p>\n

Now go to the ‘newdjango’ directory and activate the virtual environment, then install Django with the pip command:<\/span><\/p>\n

cd <\/span><\/i>newdjango<\/span>\/<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

source bin\/activate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

pip install django==1.10<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Next, create a new project called ‘myblog’ with the django-admin command:<\/span><\/p>\n

django-admin startproject myblog<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Go to the ‘myblog’ directory and run the ‘manage.py’ file :<\/span><\/p>\n

cd myblog\/<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

python manage.py runserver<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The runserver option will create an HTTP connection with python on localhost IP and port 8000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now check from your browser: localhost:8000<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next, we will configure the Django admin. A database for a superuser will automatically generated by Django. Before we create the superuser, run the following command :<\/span><\/p>\n

python manage.py migrate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

migrate: make adds the models (adding fields, deleting etc.) into the database scheme, the default database is sqlite3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now create the admin\/superuser:<\/span><\/p>\n

python manage.py createsuperuser<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Username (leave blank to use ‘root’): admin<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Email address: admin@mydjango.com<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Password:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Password (again):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Superuser created successfully.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Now the Django superuser has been added, now you can execute the runserver command, then go to the browser and visit the django admin page<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit Django admin page: 192.168.1.9:8000\/admin\/. This will show the login admin login page, now log in with username <\/span>admin<\/b> and your password, you will see the admin page.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, now Django has been successfully installed inside a virtual environment and we’ve created a sample Django project named ‘newdjango’.<\/span><\/p>\n

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