Team:Michigan Software/Installation
Installation
You can download our project from our github or download the wiki freeze version here. We highly recommend downloading from GitHub, as it will be a more recent, and as a result better, version.
Pre-installations for Protocat
Python and Pip
- Run the Python 3.4.3 installer from here
- Make sure Add Python to PATH is enabled
- Newer releases of Python come with Pip pre-installed
Django
- Open Command Prompt(Windows) or Terminal (Mac)
- Use "pip install django" to install the main Django packages
- Other necessary installations
- Type "pip install django-nose" into the prompt
- Type "pip install coverage" into the prompt
- Type "pip install django-contrib-comments" into the prompt
- Type "pip install pytz" into the prompt
- Type "pip install docutils" into the prompt
Github
- Install Github from here
- Be sure to select your operating system for the download
- Make sure Github has access to PATH
Running Protocat
- Copy the SSH URL from https://github.com/igemsoftware/Michigan15
- Inside Command Prompt or Terminal, cd into the directory you want the Michigan15 source file to be in
- Type "git clone [the SSH URL]" into the terminal
- cd Michigan15/mibiosoft
- To run, use "python manage.py runserver" and type the server address into your web browser
- Enjoy using Protocat 2.0!