1. Installation & Configuration

1.1 Python

This project runs on Python, so let's install that first.

$ sudo apt-get install python

Make sure you get Python 2.6 due to compatibility with used plugins.

1.2 MySQL & MySQLdb

Set up a MySQL server to your liking. Make sure you get as minimal version 3.23-5.1 due to the MySQLdb support. Then create a database for django_gheat.

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
$ sudo mysqladmin password password
$ echo "CREATE DATABASE project_heatmap;" | mysql -uroot -ppassword

Now get the latest MySQLdb, make sure it's higher than 1.2.1p2.

$ sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

1.3 Django

Get Django 1.3 from ​here or check for a newer version ​here, then:

$ tar xzvf Django-1.3.tar.gz
$ cd Django-1.3
$ sudo python setup.py install

1.4 Django_gheat

Get the latest django_gheat from the ​repository

# cd to where you want 'django_gheat' to be located
$ svn co http://svn.wirelessleiden.nl/svn/projects/Heatmap/src/django_gheat/
$ cd django_gheat/

Open ./settings.py, look for the 'DATABASES' section and edit the following lines:

# If you are using MySQL with MySQLdb, don't edit this line. 
# If you are using a different database, replace 'mysql' with 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
# The name of your database, or the path to your database file if you are using sqlite3.
'NAME': ' ',
# Connection settings for your database. Not used with sqlite3
'USER': ' ',
'PASSWORD': ' ',
'HOST': ' ',
'PORT': ' ',

You are now ready to populate the database; Models & Data import