Django Installation on Ubuntu
Download the latest django version from http://www.djangoproject.com/download/ Here we setup django1.2.4, Django-1.2.4.tar.gz Then follow the commands, tar -zxvf Django-1.2.4.tar.gz sudo chmod 777 Django-1.2.4/ -R cd Django-1.2.4/ sudo python setup.py install It's done. Now verify Django installation, Go to gnome-terminal(python prompt,) $ python >>> import django >>> django.get_version() '1.2.4' That's it.Now, you are ready for setting up new project in django, follow the tutorial http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/intro/tutorial01/ and start playing with django .