sudo apt-get install python-dev libmysqlclient-dev python-virtualenv python-pip sudo apt-get isntall postgresql-server-dev-9.1 # for postgres client lib virtualenv --distribute --no-site-packages venv # create a project specific python environment . venv/bin/activate # active the environment pip install -U distribute # upgrade distribute pip install -r requirements.txt # install all requirements

Database Diagram Generation

sudo apt-get install graphviz libgraphviz-dev pip install pygraphviz django-extensions python manage.py graph_models -o diagramfile.png main

Generate Fixtures for Test

python manage.py dumpdata --all -n > main/fixtures/new-testdata.json