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 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

    Github

    1. Install Github from here
    2. Make sure Github has access to PATH

    Running Protocat

    1. Copy the SSH URL from https://github.com/igemsoftware/Michigan15
    2. Inside Command Prompt or Terminal, cd into the directory you want the Michigan15 source file to be in
    3. Type "git clone [the SSH URL]" into the terminal
    4. cd Michigan15/mibiosoft
    5. To run, use "python manage.py runserver" and go to localhost in a web browser or server address
    6. To run test coverage, use "python manage.py test protocat_app"