Installing Askbot with easy_install (python package index).ΒΆ

The latest stable version of askbot can be installed from the official Python Package Index (PyPI)

Note

To simplify future deployment, please make sure to use the same python interpreter for the installation and testing as the one assigned (or will be assigned) to the webserver. The same applies to easy_install tool, and the PYTHONPATH environment variable.

If you already have easy_install (python setuptools) on your system, then type:

easy_install askbot

If you do not yet have it, download the askbot archive from PyPI, unzip and untar it, then run:

python setup.py install

Both command achieve the same effect, except the second one will also install the setuptools.

Note

To install in non-standard locations add parameter --prefix=/path/to/some/dir to both commands.

Under windows, please install mysql-python windows binary package manually.

Most likely, by this time you will have askbot software installed. However, in some cases one of the dependency packages might fail to install. This document will help you find those components.

When you have all packages installed, please proceed to the initial configuration section.

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