Answer by clemens for Installing on a clean server Steps we followed (using the documentation):pip install askbotset up the postgres database and verified it workedThen in the directory we want to use:askbot-setupaskbot. To choose current directory - enter "."/forumPlease select database engine: 1 - for postgresql, 2 - for sqlite, 3 - for mysql, 4 - oracle (type 1/2/3/4)1Please enter database name (required)askbotPlease enter database user (required)#######Please enter database password (required)####### Copying files: * __init__.py * manage.py * urls.py * django.wsgi Creating settings file settings file createdcopying directories: * doc * cron * upfilespython manage.py syncdbPlease run commandpython manage.py collectstatic WARNING!!! You are using a 'locmem' (local memory) caching backend, which is OK for a low volume site running on a single-process server. For a multi-process configuration it is neccessary to have a production cache system, such as redis or memcached.With local memory caching and multi-process setup you might intermittently see outdated content on your site.TypeError: Item in ``from list'' not a string root@ssdt-web-13:/forum# python manage.py collectstaticYou have requested to collect static files at the destination location as specified in your settings.This will overwrite existing files! Are you sure you want to do this? yeswhen it was done tried again:python manage.py syncdbWARNING!!! You are using a 'locmem' (local memory) caching backend, which is OK for a low volume site running on a single-process server. For a multi-process configuration it is neccessary to have a production cache system, such as redis or memcached.With local memory caching and multi-process setup you might intermittently see outdated content on your site.TypeError: Item in ``from list'' not a stringI thought this was supposed to be an easy install. We are testing other questions/answer type applications and ease of installation is one criteria.

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