Django 5 : Install2025/09/09

	Install Django which is Python Web Application Framework.
[1]	Install Django under the Python venv. It's possible to do for any common user.

debian@dlp:~$

python3 -m venv --system-site-packages ~/django

debian@dlp:~$

source ~/django/bin/activate

(django) debian@dlp:~$

pip3 install 'Django>=5,<6'

Collecting Django<6,>=5
  Downloading django-5.2.6-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.1 kB)
Collecting asgiref>=3.8.1 (from Django<6,>=5)
  Downloading asgiref-3.9.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (9.3 kB)
Collecting sqlparse>=0.3.1 (from Django<6,>=5)
  Downloading sqlparse-0.5.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.9 kB)
Downloading django-5.2.6-py3-none-any.whl (8.3 MB)
    8.3/8.3 MB 52.0 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Downloading asgiref-3.9.1-py3-none-any.whl (23 kB)
Downloading sqlparse-0.5.3-py3-none-any.whl (44 kB)
Installing collected packages: sqlparse, asgiref, Django
Successfully installed Django-5.2.6 asgiref-3.9.1 sqlparse-0.5.3

(django) debian@dlp:~$

django-admin --version

5.2.6

# to exit from venv, run like follows

(django) debian@dlp:~$

deactivate

debian@dlp:~$

[2]	Create a test project. If UFW is running and also access to Django from other Hosts, Allow ports you plan to use with root privilege before it. (example below uses [8000/tcp])

debian@dlp:~$

source ~/django/bin/activate

# create testproject

(django) debian@dlp:~$

django-admin startproject testproject

(django) debian@dlp:~$

cd testproject

# configure database (default is SQLite)

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

python manage.py migrate

# create admin user

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

python manage.py createsuperuser

Username (leave blank to use 'debian'):

debian

Email address:

debian@dlp.srv.world

Password:
Password (again):
Superuser created successfully.

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

vi testproject/settings.py

# line 28 : set if you allow to access to Django from other Hosts
# specify Hosts with comma separated
# if allow all, specify like follows

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [

'*'

]

# start server

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
September 09, 2025 - 00:55:28
Django version 5.2.6, using settings 'testproject.settings'
Starting development server at http://0.0.0.0:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production setting. Use a production WSGI or ASGI server instead.
For more information on production servers see: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/

[4]	Access to the [(server's hostname or IP address):8000/] from a client computer. It's OK if following site is displayed normally.

[5]	It's possible to use admin site on [(server's hostname or IP address):8000/admin].

[6]	Create a test application to try to use Django.

debian@dlp:~$

source ~/django/bin/activate

(django) debian@dlp:~$

cd testproject

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

python manage.py startapp test_app

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

vi test_app/views.py

# add to the end

from django.http import HttpResponse
def main(request):
    html = '<html>\n' \
           '<body>\n' \
           '<h1 style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">\n' \
           'Django Test Page\n' \
           '</h1>\n' \
           '</body>\n' \
           '</html>\n'
    return HttpResponse(html)

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

vi testproject/urls.py

# line 18, 22 : add like follows

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('test_app/', include('test_app.urls')),
]

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

vi test_app/urls.py

# create new

from django.urls import path
from .views import main

urlpatterns = [
    path('', main, name='home')
]

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

vi testproject/settings.py

# line 33 : add test application in [INSTALLED_APPS] section

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'test_app',
)

(django) debian@dlp:~/testproject$

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

[7]	Access to the [(server's hostname or IP address):8000/testapp/] from a client computer. It's OK if testapp is displayed normally.

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