reinstate the original messages mode in addition to the new popup-based one

[myslice.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 619473b..1b17b87 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ See the devel/ subdir for more devel-oriented doc.
 
 ==================== 1 minute howto
 
-*  REQUIREMENTS  is to have python + django installed django
+*  REQUIREMENTS  is to have python + django (1.5.2) installed django
 ** should be straightforward
 ** see devel/django-install.txt in case of trouble
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ $ manage.py syncdb
 $ ./manage.py collectstatic (formerly, we used make static, which is deprecated)
 -- or --
 $ ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+$ make 
 
 * run a local server:
 $ manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
@@ -236,11 +237,15 @@ $./manage.py migrate
 
 if it fails:
 
-sqlite> DROP TABLE my_table [from your DB]
+1. go to myslice directory
+2. do sqlite3 myslice.sqlite3 [if sqlite3: command not found, do $apt-get install sqlite3]
+3. check the list of tables with sqlite> .tables
+4. if you find those tables that was mentioned in the failure message while running $./manage.py migrate
+       do sqlite> DROP TABLE mentioned_table 
+       [mentioned_table = the tables that was explicity mentioned in the failure message of $./manage.py migrate]
+5. sqlite> .quit
+6. $./manage.py migrate  
 
-then
-
-$./manage.py migrate