MyGamesList

A web-based games recommender system

Open settings.py inside gamesproject folder and set PRODUCTION to False if it is not set

WINDOWS

Install python 3.6 if windows doesn't have it (python 3.7 may or may not work)

FOR WINDOWS 32 BIT https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.8/python-3.6.8.exe

FOR WINDOWS 64 BIT https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.8/python-3.6.8-amd64.exe

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Add python 3.6 to environment path if it is not in the environment (check in cmd, by typing python or python3.6 to check the version)

Open command prompt in project root directory (directory where manage.py is located)

Install pip from site if python doesn't have it

http://pip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing/#do-i-need-to-install-pip

Install virtualenv

pip install virtualenv

Remove directory environment if exists

rd /s /q environment_windows

python -m virtualenv environment_windows --python=python && environment_windows\scripts\activate.bat && pip install -r requirements.txt

LINUX

Install python 3.6 on linux

cd /opt sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.9/Python-3.6.9.tgz sudo tar -xvf Python-3.6.9.tgz && cd Python-3.6.8 && sudo ./configure && sudo make && sudo make install

NOTE

IF YOU GET THIS ERROR THEN RUN THE FOLLOWING ....: UserWarning: Could not import the lzma module. Your installed Python is incomplete....

sudo apt-get install liblzma-dev && cd /opt/Python-3.6.9 && sudo ./configure && sudo make && sudo make install source ./environment/bin/activate

Install pip from site if python doesn't have it

http://pip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing/#do-i-need-to-install-pip

Install virtualenv

pip install virtualenv --user

Remove directory environment if exists

rm -r environment_linux

python3 -m virtualenv environment_linux --python=python3.6 && source ./environment_linux/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt

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Run App

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080

Go to

http://127.0.0.1:8080/

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IMPORTANT WHEN DEPLOYING:

Both environments are needed for deployment linux environment is needed to manage backend and cron jobs windows environment is needed to run apache