From ce2d75c41f55692d5f807a136a6aa7c7548ad007 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lks Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 21:03:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 99adc26..a0468c7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The `manage.py` file is a python script that was automatically generated by `dja ## How to run the dev server ### Step 1: Installing dependencies Install python 3 and the django module. Python 2 is incompatible and [is no longer receiving security updates](https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/). You will also need git to fetch this repository. + **NOTE**: On some *inferior* linux distros you have to run python with the `python3` command to actually run the modern version of python. ``` # For debian/ubuntu based systems @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ Before we can run the server we need to make sure a database is setup to store e ``` python3 manage.py migrate ``` -**NOTE**: This command also has to be run every time there is an update to the database schema to migrate the db to the new schema. +**NOTE**: This command also has to be run every time there is an update to the database schema to migrate the db to the new schema. The runserver command will warn you if it detects unmigrated changes. ### Step 3.5: Creating an admin user for the admin portal (optional) Again the manage.py script can do this for us.