Commit 19352c9c authored by Gabriel Hurley's avatar Gabriel Hurley
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[1.2.X] Fixed #13279 -- Made the paths in the Unix install docs more explicit.... 

[1.2.X] Fixed #13279 -- Made the paths in the Unix install docs more explicit. Thanks to KathyManwaring for the report and stumbles for the patch.

Backport of [14062] from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.2.X@14063 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
parent 8fd9f2eb

docs/topics/install.txt

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@@ -243,11 +243,12 @@ latest bug fixes and improvements, follow these instructions: 


   .. code-block:: bash



       ln -s `pwd`/django-trunk/django SITE-PACKAGES-DIR/django

       ln -s WORKING-DIR/django-trunk/django SITE-PACKAGES-DIR/django



   (In the above line, change ``SITE-PACKAGES-DIR`` to match the location of

   your system's ``site-packages`` directory, as explained in the

   "Where are my ``site-packages`` stored?" section above.)

   "Where are my ``site-packages`` stored?" section above. Change WORKING-DIR

   to match the full path to your new ``djanjo-trunk`` directory.)



   Alternatively, you can define your ``PYTHONPATH`` environment variable

   so that it includes the ``django-trunk`` directory. This is perhaps the
@@ -272,7 +273,10 @@ latest bug fixes and improvements, follow these instructions: 


   .. code-block:: bash



       ln -s `pwd`/django-trunk/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin

       ln -s WORKING-DIR/django-trunk/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin

       

   (In the above line, change WORKING-DIR to match the full path to your new

   ``djanjo-trunk`` directory.)



   This simply lets you type ``django-admin.py`` from within any directory,

   rather than having to qualify the command with the full path to the file.