$ sudo aptitude install python-pip
$ sudo aptitude install python-virtualenv python-setuptools


Virtualenv

Create virtualenv workspace.


$ virtualenv --no-site-packages trackedfm
New python executable in trackedfm/bin/python
Installing setuptools............done.


Django

Install django into the workspace.


$ pip -E trackedfm/ install -U django
Downloading/unpacking django
Downloading Django-1.1.1.tar.gz (5.6Mb): 5.6Mb downloaded
Running setup.py egg_info for package django
Installing collected packages: django
Running setup.py install for django
changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/django-admin.py from 644 to 755
changing mode of /home/paul/workspace/python/trackedfm/bin/django-admin.py to 755
Successfully installed django


Virtualenvwrapper

virtualenvwrapper provides shortcuts for switching between virtual environments. Install virtualenvwrapper using easy_install.

$ sudo easy_install virtualenvwrapper

Configure shell

Add two lines to your .bashrc to set the location where the virtual environments should live and the location of the script installed with this package:

export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper_bashrc

Switching between projects

Resources

• http://clemesha.org/blog/2009/jul/05/modern-python-hacker-tools-virtualenv-fabric-pip
• http://ryanwilliams.org/2009/jun/09/deploying-django-sites-fabric-pip-and-virtualenv
• http://mathematism.com/2009/jul/30/presentation-pip-and-virtualenv

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