Install Django

Installing Django in Ubuntu is quite simple:

sudo apt-get install python-django

Django is installed in the path /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django

Since I will be using MySQL, I needed to install another package which would let Python connect to it.

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

Start New Project

While trying to create a new project, run the following command:

cd /home/me/

django-admin startproject newprojectname

Although the documentation says to use django-admin.py, in Ubuntu Gutsy, you should not use the .py extension. Instead, just use django-admin. The source of this information is a post on Ubuntu Forums: Path to Django Installation.