Where is everything on ubuntu 10.10

[sheeptick]

Hi all, I'm fairly new to Linux, but learned some python on windows.
I want to work through Ayman Hourieh's book on django.
I'm having trouble finding stuff in order to set PATH and PYTHONPATH
variables.

I installed ubuntu 10.10, and used apt-get to install python2.6 and
django.

I can open a shell and run python, and then import django.
I notice that: print django.__path__ gives /usr/lib/pymodules/
python2.6/django

I can't run: django-admin.py startproject some_project

Using which and locate (after updatedb) I found:
/usr/bin/python2.6
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages
/usr/lib/python-django/bin/django-admin.py

The site-packages directory is empty, so where did django go?
I see that /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django is full of stuff.

What do I need to put in my PATH or PYTHONPATH?

With thanks, Charlie

[Robbington]

Hi Charlie,

By "I can't run: django-admin.py startproject some_project" do you
mean that you get an error message like bash: django-admin.py: command
not found?

If so this post might be helpful.
http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/52183f8deb34fea0?hl=en

If its something else, can you explain in more detail the problem you
are having.
My guess is that you need to install it properly.

Rob

[sheeptick]

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I was getting: django-admin.py: command
not found.
I've taken your advice and uninstalled django via aptitude, then
installed the version that matches my book
as a tar.gz
django-admin.py now works, so I'm on my way. I'd still like to know
where Django went, though!
It is not in site-packages, which is completely empty.
Charlie

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 06:10 -0800, sheeptick wrote:
> The site-packages directory is empty, so where did django go?

ubuntu guys have something called dist-packages
--
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves

[Sam Walters]

Read up on how linux programs work the file system becomes intuitive.

Also try this:
python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print
get_python_lib()"

cheers

sam_w

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