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To install:

Generic:

install python 2.7.* or python 3.*
go to djangoproject.org and download the latest version, setup, and install or use python pip to install it (also on django's download page)
install docutils, pygments, and recaptcha-client (pip install pygments && pip install docutils && pip install recaptcha-client)
install your favorite database software (I use PostgreSQL)
setup the settings.py file for your specific installation
Create the file ~/.django_secret and generate a new django secret (you can use this site for a new secret)
Create the file ~/.django_db and setup your db settings. the following are available:

user=<username> passwd=<password> host=<hostname of database server - optional> port=<port of database server - optional>
Run ./manage.py syncdb to initialize the database with the needed tables

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install python python-pygments python-docutils python-recaptcha-client
go to djangoproject.org and download the latest version, setup, and install or use python pip to install it (also on django's download page)
follow steps 4 to 8 above

To Run:

Choose your favorite web server and research how to install and run django under it. If you use fastcgi you will need python's flup library (sudo apt-get install python-flup on debian systems)

Notes:

If you are using Django admin and nginx (like I am), you will need to use the following config as well as find your admin static pages in the python dist-packages directory somewhere on your server.

You can find the exact file path for this with the following command:

python -c "import sys; sys.path = sys.path[1:]; import django; print(django.__path__[0]+\"/contrib/admin/static/admin/\")"

replace the location /static/admin alias with the output from the command above.

Nginx config:

server {
       listen 80;

       root /var/www/;

       location /static/admin {
               # Replace the below alias with the output from the command above
               alias /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/;
       }

       location /static {
               alias /var/www/StackSmash/StackSmash/static/;
       }


       location / {
               include fastcgi_params;
               fastcgi_split_path_info ^()(.*)$;
               fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:3000;
       }
}

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