For using Grappelli, Django needs to be installed and an Admin Site has to be activated.
Using easy_install:
easy_install -Z django-grappelli
Note that the -Z flag is required to tell easy_install not to create a zipped package (zipped packages prevent certain features of Django from working properly).
Using pip:
pip install django-grappelli
Using svn (recommended):
svn checkout http://django-grappelli.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/grappelli/ grappelli
or download the package from http://code.google.com/p/django-grappelli/downloads/list
Open settings.py and add grappelli to your INSTALLED_APPS (before django.contrib.admin):
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'grappelli', # required
'filebrowser', # optional
'django.contrib.admin', # required
)
Add Grappelli URL-patterns:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^grappelli/', include(grappelli.urls)),
)
Start the devserver and login to your admin site:
python manage.py runserver <IP-address>:8000 --adminmedia=/path/to/grappelli/media/
Check if everything looks/works as expected. If you’re having problems, see Troubleshooting.
With your production environment, you need to serve Grappellis media-files instead of Djangos media-files. You can either use a symlink from your media-directory or you can copy the grappelli media-files to your media-directory.
Note
If you don’t know how to server media/static files, please refer to the Django Documentation.