Comments on: Custom Python installation for Django on Dreamhost

By: Isochronous

Isochronous — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:01:03 +0000

Thanks a bunch for this write-up, it really eliminated all the questions I had doing this, and I’m running shiny new Python 2.7.2 with Django 1.3 as we speak. Excellent work!

By: REVERT TO CONSOLE › Upgrading Python on a Dreamhost Account

REVERT TO CONSOLE › Upgrading Python on a Dreamhost Account — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:45:58 +0000

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By: ryankanno

ryankanno — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:21:46 +0000

@Dale – Sorry about that. Totally missed it in the comments.

By: dale

dale — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:34:57 +0000

@ryan, thanks for getting back, i mentioned if you grab v1.2.2, it will install setup tools for you.

By: ryankanno

ryankanno — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:44:48 +0000

@Dale – Looks like you need to install setuptools. You can find it here -> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools

By: dale

dale — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:34:59 +0000

I couldn’t get the mysql-python tar file from the link posted (granted, it is 3 years old, i think) so i tried getting this version instead:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/files/mysql-python/1.2.3/MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz/download

It doesn’t seem like it’s the right package b/c when I go to run python setup.py install, i get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “setup.py”, line 5, in
from setuptools import setup, Extension
ImportError: No module named setuptools

1.2.3 assumes the module “setuptools” is installed already, but that is not the case when setting this up for the first time.

there is also the 1.2.2 package here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/files/mysql-python/1.2.2/MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar.gz/download

which is the one you would want and installs setuptools for you.

By: 在Dreamhost空间安装配置python-2.5 + django-1.0环境 - 深涵坊 - 工作板

在Dreamhost空间安装配置python-2.5 + django-1.0环境 - 深涵坊 - 工作板 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:21:52 +0000

[...] http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Python_FastCGI http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/may/11/django-dreamhost/ http://blog.localkinegrinds.com/2007/08/20/custom-python-installation-for-django-on-dreamhost/ [...]

By: Trac on Dreamhost - Eli’s Blog

Trac on Dreamhost - Eli’s Blog — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:38:57 +0000

[...] was a blog post out there where someone outlined how to do a custom Python environment. It’s pretty simple, [...]

By: Tommaso

Tommaso — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:56:42 +0000

Hi, I put together this script to compile Python and some dependencies in the home folder of a Dreamhost shared server.
Feel free to use it, modify it and contribute to it on Bitbucket.
http://bitbucket.org/tmslnz/python-dreamhost-batch/src/

Make sure you read though it. You can disable packages by commenting them out at the start of the script.
It is safe enough to use as it backs up your .bashrc file and installation folders.

By: HOWTO: Python 2.6.5 + Django (via Passenger WSGI) at DreamHost » blog do chester

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:38:23 +0000

[...] not much supportive ("If you are positive that you need to install Python, reconsider"), and a few unofficial ones. Here are the steps I used – try them at our own expense, since I can't give any guarantees [...]