• install pip and virtualenv

  • sudo apt-get install python-pip
  • sudo apt-get install python-setuptools (if you don't already have easy_install)
  • sudo easy_install virtualenv

• install and configure virtualenvwrapper: $ sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper $ echo 'export WORKON_HOME="path/to/virtualenvs"' >> ~/.bashrc $ echo "source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper_bashrc" >> ~/.bashrc

• create a new virtual env for datacommons. this will also activate it: $ mkvirtualenv datacommons note that the 'datacommons' dir can already exist or not. this command will create bin/ include/ and lib/ directories inside the datacommons directory.

• if you need activate the datacommons virtualenv later, use: $ workon datacommons

• install dependencies in requirements.txt files for dc_web and dc_matchbox $ pip install -r requirements.txt

• add dc_data, dc_matcchbox, dc_web to the virtual env python path $ add2virtualenv [dir]

• create local_settings.py files for both dc_web and dc_matchbox apps (get a copy from someone else).

• manage.py runserver