Installation — South v0.7 documentation
Installation¶
South’s current release is 0.7.4.
There are a few different ways to install South:
- Using easy_install (or pip), which is recommended if you want stable releases.
- Using a Mercurial checkout, recommended if you want cutting-edge features.
- Using our downloadable archives, useful if you don’t have easy_install or Mercurial.
Some Linux distributions are also starting to include South in their package
repositories; if you’re running unstable Debian you can
apt-get install python-django-south, and on new Fedoras you can use
yum install Django-south. Note that this may give you an older version -
check the version before using the packages.South should work with versions of Django from 0.97-pre through to 1.2, although
some features (such as multi-db) may not be available for older Django versions.Using easy_install¶
If you have easy_install available on your system, just type:
easy_install SouthIf you’ve already got an old version of South, and want to upgrade, use:
easy_install -U SouthThat’s all that’s needed to install the package; you’ll now want to
configure your Django installation.