Decompression Failed

[James Kinsley]

I have just downloaded Python 2.7.6 on my Mac (running OSX 10.7.5 and I tried to download Django, but it keeps failing to decompress - any ideas ? Thanks.

[Mike Dewhirst]

On 30/01/2014 9:23am, James Kinsley wrote:
> I have just downloaded Python 2.7.6 on my Mac (running OSX 10.7.5 and I
> tried to download Django, but it keeps failing to decompress - any ideas

I have just spent some time downloading and installing Django as part of
a virtualenv exercise. I had no trouble at all.

Dunno about a Mac but if you have Python successfully installed, go and
get pip http://www.pip-installer.org/ then ...

$ pip install django (to get the latest stable release)

Should work

Mike



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[Thomas Lockhart]

You may have already seen mention of virtualenv and pip wrt Django
development. I think there is a general consensus (among those who use
it anyway!) that it is essential for development (and I would recommend
it for deployment also).

Previous threads have described the advantages, but particularly for
Macs -- with their deep and otherwise non-standard and inscrutable
places to stash libraries and versions of tools -- the advantages of
using virtualenv and pip should not be ignored.

That said, I've *never* had an issue installing Django on my Mac (Lion
and MtnLion) using those tools. I also use MacPorts to give me control
over versioning for the base python, postgres, etc.

hth

- Tom