Quick Start

For the impatient, here is the quickest way to get Satchmo installed and running. If you plan to use Satchmo in a production environment, then it is important to understand the full installation process.

Install Base Requirements

Ensure that python 2.4 or greater is installed. Mercurial must also be installed.

Next, install python setuptools so that easy_install is available.

Install Python Imaging Library based on your OS.

Install pip:

easy_install pip

Install Satchmo and Dependencies

Execute these commands:

pip install -r http://bitbucket.org/chris1610/satchmo/raw/tip/scripts/requirements.txt
pip install -e hg+http://bitbucket.org/chris1610/satchmo/#egg=satchmo

Note

This will install the latest version of satchmo from tip.

Install the Satchmo Starter App

The clonesatchmo.py file should now be installed in your /bin directory. Use it to install the Satchmo directories and load the preliminary data:

cd /path/to/new/store
python clonesatchmo.py

Note

If you can not find clonesatchmo.py, it is included in the Satchmo distribution in /scripts/

Run the Development Server

Execute the development server command:

cd store
python manage.py runserver

Next Steps

You should review Tutorial 1 to learn how to add Products to your store.

When your development is ready, you can “freeze” versions of packages, that you may want to install later on the production server:

pip freeze -r edited-requirements.txt > my-stable-reqirements.txt