Installing Pinax on Windows

I have pinax 0.7rc1 installed and working on windows 7, with no problems.

Check out this video for a great example on how to do this. He uses pinax 0.7beta3 on windows XP.

http://www.vimeo.com/6098872

Here are the steps I followed.

download and install python
download and install python image library
download pinax at http://pinaxproject.com
extract the download to some working directory <pinax-directory> (maybe c:\pinax ?)
make sure you have python in your path (c:\pythonXX)
make sure you have the python scripts folder in your path (c:\pythonXX\scripts)
open a command prompt
cd to <pinax-directory>\scripts folder
run python pinax-boot.py <pinax-env> (I used "../pinax-env")
wait for pinax-boot process to finish

-- technically pinax is installed and ready to use, but the next steps will get you up and running with pinax social app (any other app will also work fine)

cd to your <pinax-env>\scripts directory
execute the activate.bat script
execute python clone_project social <pinax-env>\social
cd to <pinax-env>\social
execute python manage.py syncdb
execute python manage.py runserver
open your browser to the server and you should see your new pinax site

Voila!! Pinax on Windows.

0.5.1 didn't work for me in Windows.

Wahnfrieden 2009-08-05 16:15:30

Actually Pinax document is not very clear about installing on Windows.

Firstthumb 2009-08-05 20:14:27

That's because it wasn't possible a few months ago. I made a lengthy attempt, and had to patch several files (including pip's source!) but still failed in the end.

Wahnfrieden 2009-08-05 21:58:04

You are right. python development is really much easier and nicer in Linux. But I have to use windows environment for development.

Firstthumb 2009-08-05 20:13:23

Ah, I misunderstood what you meant by recommending a better platform then. Is running Linux in a VM out of the question?

Wahnfrieden 2009-08-05 21:56:46

Yes, One solution is to install linux in VM. Anyway Wahnfrieden, You say that it is not possible to install Pinax (last version) on Windows, that's true?I don't get the difference between Pinax and Django! Django works on Windows with no problem but Pinax which combines some django modules into one framework doesn't work on Windows. It sounds like we are missing something.

Firstthumb 2009-08-06 06:04:57

No, I said that the latest release of Pinax (.7 beta 3) claims to have focused on Windows support, so that version should work for you - though I haven't tried it myself. Pinax has many external dependencies . It's a huge project (you pick and choose what parts you want). A few of the dependencies have trouble installing on Windows, but I think they've worked it out now. "Django modules" can include Python libraries written in C for example, so it's trickier than you'd think.

Wahnfrieden 2009-08-06 14:24:04

Thank you Wahnfrieden.

Firstthumb 2009-08-06 16:06:26

Enjoy, Pinax is a great platform. Take a look at social_project, but start out with basic_project and add the things you need, since it's easier to add than to take away. Use social_project as a guide.

Wahnfrieden 2009-08-07 15:04:05

The answer is Yes - you can install and run pinax on windows. I have had zero issues with 0.7rc1.

Ryan Montgomery 2009-09-12 20:14:58

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