I downloaded Booktype 1.5.3 and attempted to install it, following the instructions in INSTALL.TXT. Here are my notes on what happened.

1. Creation of var/www/mybooktype had to be done manually.

2. The command django-admin.py is not put on the path. Made symlink to directory on path.

Points to

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/bin

which points to

/usr/share/pyshared/django/bin/django/bin

Command still not found. Change command to

. ./django-admin.py syncdb --noinput

within the directory where the symlink is found.

and the like.

3. Need to run commands as user www-data. What is the password? Can change with passwd command as superuser. Workaround:

sudo su -   #become superuser
su - www-data #become www-data without having to give password.
echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

4. $ . ./django-admin.py syncdb --noinput
from: can't read /var/mail/django.core
-su: 5: ./django-admin.py: Syntax error: Bad function name

There is no /var/mail/django.core

At this point, I am stuck. Any suggestions?

How do I determine which function name is in error? What is supposed to happen, and how do I get it to happen?

Any chance of getting Booktype packaged with correct dependencies and installation scripts? Can I help with the documentation?