Recommended stack

• Apache2
• mod-wsgi
• Python 2.6+
• PostgreSQL 8.4
• Django 1.3

Dependancies from aptitide

• git
• libapache2-mod-wsgi
• postgresql-8.4
• python-psycopg2
• python-imaging
• python-simplejson
• python-httplib2
• python-simpletools
• python-twitter

Dependancies from web

• Django 1.3: wget http://www.djangoproject.com/download/1.3/tarball/
• dbfpy: wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbfpy/files/dbfpy/2.2.5/dbfpy-2.2.5.tar.gz
• sorl: wget http://thumbnail.sorl.net/sorl-thumbnail-3.2.5.tar.gz
• django-registration: wget https://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-registration/downloads/django-registration-0.8-alpha-1.tar.gz
• django-pagination: wget http://django-pagination.googlecode.com/files/django-pagination-1.0.5.tar.gz
• django-ratings: wget https://github.com/dcramer/django-ratings/tarball/d0ae149d112c7e5f9f40bb04028ceac4bf4b0e0d
• python-oauth2: wget https://github.com/simplegeo/python-oauth2/tarball/master
• pytz: pip install pytz

Dependancies that require patching

• git clone git://github.com/directeur/django-sorting.git
  • Apply patch to django-sorting: https://github.com/directeur/django-sorting/issues#issue/8
    • including comment by Alsaihn
  • sudo cp django-sorting -R /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django_sorting

Update apache2 conf

• /etc/apache2/sites-available/default add >

    WSGIScriptAlias /hidden /<project location>/odp.wsgi
    Alias /media /<project location>/media
    Alias /static /<project location>/static
  

• create /<project location>/odp.wsgi >

    import os, sys
    sys.path.insert(0, '/home/azavea/NPower_OpenDataPhilly')
    
    import settings
    
    import django.core.management
    django.core.management.setup_environ(settings)
    utility = django.core.management.ManagementUtility()
    command = utility.fetch_command('runserver')
    
    command.validate()
    
    import django.conf
    import django.utils
    
    django.utils.translation.activate(jangod.conf.settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
    
    import django.core.handlers.wsgi
    
    application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
  

Setup source

• Clone project
• Make media directory:
  • mkdir media
  • chmod 775 media
• Make static directory:
  • mkdir static
  • chmod 775 static
• Create a symbolic link to admin media:
  • ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin admin_media
• Sync database:
  • python manage.py syncdb
• Collect static files:
  • python manage.py collectstatic