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Django Python Heroku Platform Requirements

Richard Forshaw edited this page Apr 17, 2015 · 5 revisions

Platform Requirements for a Django/Python/Heroku project

Make sure you have these installed...

Package Why OSX Command Ubuntu Command Extra Info
Homebrew Used to install other packages ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" same as OSX
Git For accessing the source repository brew install git sudo apt-get install git
Python 2.7 for coding in Python brew install python same as OSX
Postgres PostgreSQL installation in a single package Download and install Comes installed with Ubuntu14 Server
virtualenvwrapper To enable working on Virtual Environments pip install virtualenvwrapper same as OSX
Heroku Toolbelt everything you need to get started using heroku https://toolbelt.heroku.com/download/osx https://toolbelt.heroku.com/debian
AutoEnv Magic per-project shell environments pip install autoenv same as OSX
Update Command Line Tool (OSX only) to install lxml xcode-select --install N/A
Install lxml2 (ubuntu only) to install lxml N/A
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