How to Install Django and Python 3+ on Raspberry Pi

Hopefully (unlike me) you did not have to spend countless hours trying to set this up. I have written this article to save you time! Here are 5 easy steps to install Django and Python 3+ on Raspberry Pi so you can view your site in your browser of choice. 1. Install Build Tools apt install libffi-dev libbz2-dev liblzma-dev libsqlite3-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev tk-dev build-essential libncursesw5-dev libc6-dev openssl git 2. Download and Build Python You will then have to run these commands to run and build your Python version. cd ~ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.9/Python-3.6.9.tgz tar -zxvf Python-3.6.9.tgz cd Python-3.6.9 ./configure --with-ssl --enable-optimizations make -j -l 4 sudo make altinstall sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip You can add an alias in your file. .bashrc 3. Install Apache Webserver Now we move to configure the webserver. Of course, you can also use NGINX in place of Apache. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt install apache2 -y sudo apt install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 This command will install the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) for interacting with Python 3. You can test your apache set up by visiting the IP address on your PI with any browser on the same network. You should see something like this: 4. Setup Folders mkdir -p /home/pi/django-apps/static cd /home/pi/django-apps python3 -m venv djenv source djenv/bin/activate pip3 install django django-admin startproject hackernoon-app . After running this command, you should see “(djenv)” at the start of the command line. This indicates that you are using our new virtual environment as a source. 5. Configure Apache sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf This will open the default configuration page. Add these lines within the tags. Ideally as the last segment. For the sake of clarity- let’s make some assumptions. __App Name __ hackernoon-app Directory for Django apps /home/pi/django-apps/ VirtualEnv Location /home/pi/django-apps/djenv/ Your configuration must look like this: ServerAdmin webmaster@mail.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined Alias /static /home/pi/django-apps/static Require all granted Require all granted WSGIDaemonProcess hackernoon-app python-path= /home/pi/django-apps python-home=/home/pi/django-apps/djenv WSGIProcessGroup hackernoon-app WSGIScriptAlias / /home/pi/django-apps/hackernoon-app/hackernoon-app/wsgi.py # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet You can now save and exit by pressing “CTRL” and “X” simultaneously. “Y” then “Enter”. We will then proceed to restart Apache. sudo systemctl restart apache2 Now you should be able to view your site in your browser of choice!