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Third-party distributions of Django

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Several third-party distributors are now providing versions of Django integrated

with their package-management systems. These can make installation and upgrading

much easier for users of Django since the integration includes the ability to

automatically install dependancies (like database adapters) that Django

requires.

Typically, these packages are based on the latest stable release of Django, so

if you want to use the development version of Django you'll need to follow the

instructions for `installing the development version`_ from our Subversion

repository.

.. _installing the development version: ../install/#installing-the-development-version

Linux distributions

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Debian

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A `packaged version of Django`_ is available for `Debian GNU/Linux`_, and can be

installed from either the "testing" or the "unstable" repositories by typing

``apt-get install python-django``.

When you install this package, ``apt`` will recommend installing a database

adapter; you should select and install the adapter for whichever database you

plan to use with Django.

.. _Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org/

.. _packaged version of Django: http://packages.debian.org/testing/python/python-django

Ubuntu

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The Debian ``python-django`` package is also available for `Ubuntu Linux`_, in

the "universe" repository for Ubuntu 7.04 ("Feisty Fawn"). The `current Ubuntu

package`_ is also based on Django 0.95.1 and can be installed in the same

fashion as for Debian.

.. _Ubuntu Linux: http://www.ubuntu.com/

.. _current Ubuntu package: http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/python/python-django

Fedora

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A Django package is available for `Fedora Linux`_, in the "Fedora Extras"

repository. The `current Fedora package`_ is based on Django 0.95.1, and can be

installed by typing ``yum install Django``.

.. _Fedora Linux: http://fedora.redhat.com/

.. _current Fedora package: http://fedoraproject.org/extras/6/i386/repodata/repoview/Django-0-0.95.1-1.fc6.html

Gentoo

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A Django build is available for `Gentoo Linux`_, and is based on Django 0.95.1.

The `current Gentoo build`_ can be installed by typing ``emerge django``.

.. _Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org/

.. _current Gentoo build: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-python;name=django

For distributors

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If you'd like to package Django for distribution, we'd be happy to help out!

Please join the `django-developers mailing list`_ and introduce yourself. 

We also encourage all distributors to subscribe to the `django-announce mailing

list`_, which is a (very) low-traffic list for announcing new releases of Django

and important bugfixes.

.. _django-developers mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/

.. _django-announce mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-announce/