First test installation : - use python 3.4 ** install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt ** create local config in Lodel/settings/locale.py DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', 'NAME': 'lodel2', 'USER': 'lodel', 'PASSWORD': 'lodel', 'HOST': 'localhost', } } ** create DATABASES mysql > CREATE DATABASE `lodel2` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; > GRANT ALL ON `lodel2`.* TO "lodel"@"localhost"; ** Apply patch(es) for django … - makemigrations_interactive_rename.patch => fix makemigrations interactive parameter cd path/to/django/ patch -p2 < /path/to/lodel2/makemigrations_interactive_rename.patch ** create tables for django if not clean : mysql > DROP DATABASE `lodel2`; recreate database rm -rf LodelTestInstance/migrations/ ./manage.py makemigrations --empty LodelTestInstance ./manage.py migrate