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…r installation.

Thanks ylb415 at gmail.com for the suggestion.

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The current state of Python packaging is a bit muddled with various tools. For
this tutorial, we're going to use distribute_ to build our package. It's a
community-maintained fork of the older ``setuptools`` project. We'll also be
using `pip`_ to uninstall it after we're finished. You should install these
using `pip`_ to install and uninstall it. You should install these
two packages now. If you need help, you can refer to :ref:`how to install
Django with pip<installing-official-release>`. You can install ``distribute``
the same way.
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tools that run as that user, so ``virtualenv`` is a more robust solution
(see below).

1. Inside ``django-polls/dist``, untar the new package
``django-polls-0.1.tar.gz`` (e.g. ``tar xzvf django-polls-0.1.tar.gz``). If
you're using Windows, you can download the command-line tool bsdtar_ to do
this, or you can use a GUI-based tool such as 7-zip_.

2. Change into the directory created in step 1 (e.g. ``cd django-polls-0.1``).
1. To install the package, use pip (you already :ref:`installed it
<installing-reusable-apps-prerequisites>`, right?)::

3. If you're using GNU/Linux, Mac OS X or some other flavor of Unix, enter the
command ``python setup.py install --user`` at the shell prompt. If you're
using Windows, start up a command shell and run the command
``setup.py install --user``.
pip install --user django-polls/dist/django-polls-0.1.tar.gz

With luck, your Django project should now work correctly again. Run the
2. With luck, your Django project should now work correctly again. Run the
server again to confirm this.

4. To uninstall the package, use pip (you already :ref:`installed it
<installing-reusable-apps-prerequisites>`, right?)::
3. To uninstall the package, use pip::

pip uninstall django-polls

.. _bsdtar: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bsdtar.htm
.. _7-zip: http://www.7-zip.org/
.. _pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip

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