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Ask Solem 15 years ago
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@@ -257,6 +257,22 @@ use the default loader, or a write a loader of your own.
 
 
 The rest of this answer describes how to use the default loader.
 The rest of this answer describes how to use the default loader.
 
 
+First of all, installation. You need to get the development version of
+celery from github::
+
+    $ git clone git://github.com/ask/celery.git
+    $ cd celery
+    # python setup.py install # as root
+
+While it is possible to use celery from outside of Django, we still need
+Django itself to run, this is to use the ORM and cache-framework, etc.
+Duplicating these features would be time consuming and mostly pointless, so
+we decided that having a dependency on Django itself was a good thing.
+Install Django using your favorite install tool, ``easy_install``, ``pip``, or
+whatever::
+
+    # easy_install django # as root
+
 You need a configuration file named ``celeryconfig.py``, either in the
 You need a configuration file named ``celeryconfig.py``, either in the
 directory you run ``celeryd`` in, or in a Python library path where it is
 directory you run ``celeryd`` in, or in a Python library path where it is
 able to find it. The configuration file can contain any of the settings
 able to find it. The configuration file can contain any of the settings