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It seemed opportune to add Django to the Fedora 30 instance that I build and maintain for my students. Here are the instructions, which I developed with the prior Fedora 28/29 instructions.

1. Check your Python3 installation with the following command:

   python3 -V

   python3 -V

   It should return this but if it doesn’t you should install python3:

   Python 3.7.4

   Python 3.7.4

2. Check whether pip3 is installation by installing it when its not:

   sudo def -y install python3-php

   sudo def -y install python3-php

   It should return:

   Last metadata expiration check: 0:44:52 ago on Tue 10 Sep 2019 11:02:33 AM MDT. Package python3-pip-19.0.3-3.fc30.noarch is already installed. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete!

   Last metadata expiration check: 0:44:52 ago on Tue 10 Sep 2019 11:02:33 AM MDT. Package python3-pip-19.0.3-3.fc30.noarch is already installed. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete!

3. Check whether Django is installation by installing it when its not with pip3 installation utility:

   sudo pip3 install --user Django

   sudo pip3 install --user Django

   It should return the following if installed:

   Requirement already satisfied: Django in /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages (2.1.10) Requirement already satisfied: pytz in /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from Django) (2018.5)

   Requirement already satisfied: Django in /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages (2.1.10) Requirement already satisfied: pytz in /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from Django) (2018.5)

4. Check your django-admin account location with the which utility:

   which django-admin

   which django-admin

   It should return the following on Fedora 30 when installed:

   /usr/bin/django-admin

   /usr/bin/django-admin

5. Create a Django test application with the django-admin utility by creating a project directory. My directory is a bit deep. For reference, it is:

   /home/student/Code/python/django/projects

   /home/student/Code/python/django/projects

   Change to that projects directory, and run the following command:

   django-admin startproject test_app

   django-admin startproject test_app

   After that command change directory with the cd command into the test_app subdirectory in your projects directory. Run the manage.py program with the following command:

   python3 manage.py migrate

   python3 manage.py migrate

   You should see the following:

   Operations to perform: Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, sessions Running migrations: Applying contenttypes.0001_initial... OK Applying auth.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0002_logentry_remove_auto_add... OK Applying admin.0003_logentry_add_action_flag_choices... OK Applying contenttypes.0002_remove_content_type_name... OK Applying auth.0002_alter_permission_name_max_length... OK Applying auth.0003_alter_user_email_max_length... OK Applying auth.0004_alter_user_username_opts... OK Applying auth.0005_alter_user_last_login_null... OK Applying auth.0006_require_contenttypes_0002... OK Applying auth.0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages... OK Applying auth.0008_alter_user_username_max_length... OK Applying auth.0009_alter_user_last_name_max_length... OK Applying sessions.0001_initial... OK

   Operations to perform: Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, sessions Running migrations: Applying contenttypes.0001_initial... OK Applying auth.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0002_logentry_remove_auto_add... OK Applying admin.0003_logentry_add_action_flag_choices... OK Applying contenttypes.0002_remove_content_type_name... OK Applying auth.0002_alter_permission_name_max_length... OK Applying auth.0003_alter_user_email_max_length... OK Applying auth.0004_alter_user_username_opts... OK Applying auth.0005_alter_user_last_login_null... OK Applying auth.0006_require_contenttypes_0002... OK Applying auth.0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages... OK Applying auth.0008_alter_user_username_max_length... OK Applying auth.0009_alter_user_last_name_max_length... OK Applying sessions.0001_initial... OK

Next, your would create an admin account. You’re done.