Django in MovablePython

[Taser]

I've installed Django using the instructions found on
http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/MovablePythonInstall on a USB drive
and following the Django on-site tutorial. I'm getting the following
error when trying to do 'python manage.py syncdb'.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 1048, in <module>
File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
File "H:\Programming\MovablePython-MegaPack\mega-pack\interpreters
\movpy-2.5\l
ib\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 340, in execute_manager
File "H:\Programming\MovablePython-MegaPack\mega-pack\interpreters
\movpy-2.5\l
ib\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 295, in execute
File "H:\Programming\MovablePython-MegaPack\mega-pack\interpreters
\movpy-2.5\l
ib\django\core\management\base.py", line 192, in run_from_argv
File "H:\Programming\MovablePython-MegaPack\mega-pack\interpreters
\movpy-2.5\l
ib\django\core\management\base.py", line 210, in execute
File "H:\Programming\MovablePython-MegaPack\mega-pack\interpreters
\movpy-2.5\l
ib\django\utils\translation\__init__.py", line 73, in activate
File "H:\Programming\MovablePython-MegaPack\mega-pack\interpreters
\movpy-2.5\l
ib\django\utils\translation\__init__.py", line 36, in delayed_loader
IndexError: list index out of range
Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
>>>
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The only changes made from the default settings.py were:

DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
DATABASE_NAME = 'H:/Programming/MovablePython-MegaPack/mega-pack/
interpreters/movpy-2.5/mytestsite/mytestsitedb.db'

Does anyone have any pointers as to how I can fix this?

Tony R.
aka Taser

[Michael Palumbo]

Hi,

I have been recently concerned about getting a portable Django development environment as well. I wanted it to work on any computers without installing anything.

I could get it to work, I can now carry my environment and projects on a USB stick. :)

I assume it is a bit late for your case now but maybe it will help someone else.

I made a tutorial on my blog:

http://webdevon.com/setting-up-a-django-development-environment-from-scratch-on-windows/ 

Feel free to leave comment and/or send me your feedback to improve my "homemade" solution.

Also, updating the wiki might be nice for next people looking for it? What do you think?

Michael