I will be hosting a Django application on hostgator.com and was wondering how can I install django apps and python packages without using pip, since I won't have access to the root account.
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python packages are no more than directories and files. you can just upload them and point to them from your python code check if your host support virtual enviroments |
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Depending on your host, you may be able to use virtual-python.py to create a local copy of python in your home directory and install packages within that copy. Josh Vanderlinden outlines installing Django on Site5 shared hosting here, but it may work for hostgater as well: http://static.jcvan.net/codekoala/articles/pdfs/installing-django-shared-hosting-site5.pdf |
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Shared hosting accounts rarely, if ever, allow packages to be installed on their server as it will affect all sites on the server and they can't allow that. Plus for the price you're paying they wouldn't want you to. This usually requires a VPS or dedicated server. |
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