Team:Michigan Software/Installation


Michigan Software 2015

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.

Things you need to install before running Protocat

Python and Pip

  • Run Python 3.4.3 installer from HERE
  • Make sure Add Python to PATH is enabled
  • Newer releases of Python come with Pip installed

Django

  • Open Command Prompt(Windows) or Terminal (Mac)
  • Use "pip install django" to install the main Django packages
  • Other necessary installations (nesting list):django-nose, coverage, django_comments, django-contrib-comments
  • Use "pip install pytz"
setuptools, github

How to get Protocat up and running

  • Copy the SSH URL from https://github.com/igemsoftware/Michigan15
  • Inside a terminal/command line, cd into a directory you want this file to be in and use "git clone [the SSH URL]"
  • cd Michigan15/mibiosoft
  • To run, use "python manage.py runserver" and go to localhost in a web browser or server address
  • To run test coverage, use "python manage.py test protocat_app"