should I uninstall/reinstall? how? ubuntu specific quetion

Newbie question.

I've installed Django using the synaptic package manager,
it's an
official release (0.96) which I think is the latest.

However, when delving into tutorials they keep referring to
the
subversion version of Django.
Some of the functionality they reference doesn't seem to be
present in
my version
example:
def __unicode__(self):
                return self.choice
, does not result in a more meaningful representation of a
model class
when I type modelclassname.objects.all() in the shell
environment
(forgive me if I've messed up the terminology).

I just get the worthless [<modelclassname: modelclassname
object>]
response.

It appears that I may have made a mistake in using synaptic
and should
instead switch to the svn version.

I made  an attempt at installing the svn version, but I
don't think it
took.

How do I uninstall all versions of Django on my Ubuntu Linux
box?
How do I then install the subversion version and keep it
updated?

I am not a very experienced user of Ubuntu Linux, so the
more detail
the better.  So far I've not found a good step by step guide
to my
predicament.

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Here is a link to the 9.6 docs. The link shows on the SVN
docs at the
top as well.

http
://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/0.96/

On Dec 19, 2007 10:06 PM, pug2694328 <michael.allen.egmail.com> wrote:
>
> Newbie question.
>
> I've installed Django using the synaptic package
manager, it's an
> official release (0.96) which I think is the latest.
>
> However, when delving into tutorials they keep
referring to the
> subversion version of Django.
> Some of the functionality they reference doesn't seem
to be present in
> my version
> example:
> def __unicode__(self):
>                 return self.choice
> , does not result in a more meaningful representation
of a model class
> when I type modelclassname.objects.all() in the shell
environment
> (forgive me if I've messed up the terminology).
>
> I just get the worthless [<modelclassname:
modelclassname object>]
> response.
>
> It appears that I may have made a mistake in using
synaptic and should
> instead switch to the svn version.
>
> I made  an attempt at installing the svn version, but I
don't think it
> took.
>
> How do I uninstall all versions of Django on my Ubuntu
Linux box?
> How do I then install the subversion version and keep
it updated?
>
> I am not a very experienced user of Ubuntu Linux, so
the more detail
> the better.  So far I've not found a good step by step
guide to my
> predicament.
>
> --pug
> >
>

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On Dec 20, 2007 1:06 AM, pug2694328 <michael.allen.egmail.com> wrote:
>
> However, when delving into tutorials they keep
referring to the
> subversion version of Django.

As someone already pointed out, docs for 0.96 are avaiable
on the website.


> How do I uninstall all versions of Django on my Ubuntu
Linux box?
> How do I then install the subversion version and keep
it updated?

Uninstalling a package in Ubuntu can be made with the
following
command on a terminal:
sudo apt-get remove package_name


I believe instructions for the subversion installation are
avaiable on
the Django website. You might need to install the
"subversion" package
in Ubuntu, and it should be enough. If you still have
problems, write
back.

FWIW, I am running the development server from Django SVN on
Ubuntu
Feisty (7.04). Everything works fine and I only had to
install by hand
Django itself. Other dependencies (such as Python, MySQL and
MySQLdb)
I got from Ubuntu's repositories. I use MySQL, so I haven't
checked
the versions for PostgreSQL, but they should be fine too.


Hope it helps,
Eduardo "IdNotFound"

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Excellent!  Thanks.  I think that's what I needed.
--pug

On Dec 19, 11:03 pm, "Eduardo - IdNotFound"
<idnotfo...gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2007 1:06 AM, pug2694328
<michael.alle...gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > However, when delving into tutorials they keep
referring to the
> > subversion version of Django.
>
> As someone already pointed out, docs for 0.96 are
avaiable on the website.
>
> > How do I uninstall all versions of Django on my
Ubuntu Linux box?
> > How do I then install the subversion version and
keep it updated?
>
> Uninstalling a package in Ubuntu can be made with the
following
> command on a terminal:
> sudo apt-get remove package_name
>
> I believe instructions for the subversion installation
are avaiable on
> the Django website. You might need to install the
"subversion" package
> in Ubuntu, and it should be enough. If you still have
problems, write
> back.
>
> FWIW, I am running the development server from Django
SVN on Ubuntu
> Feisty (7.04). Everything works fine and I only had to
install by hand
> Django itself. Other dependencies (such as Python,
MySQL and MySQLdb)
> I got from Ubuntu's repositories. I use MySQL, so I
haven't checked
> the versions for PostgreSQL, but they should be fine
too.
>
> Hope it helps,
> Eduardo "IdNotFound"
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