Is it possible to install a django package without pip?
Question: I am trying to install django-dash to run one of the dashboard examples and
see what it's like.

I am on Windows running Python 2.7 and Django 1.6.5. I know the usual approach
is to download pip then install the package using pip. However, I am on a work
computer with no administrative rights so I can't access my Internet Option
Settings to find my proxy URL to follow the instructions below:

    
    
    Proxy problems
    
    If you work in an office, you might be behind a HTTP proxy. If so, set the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy. Most Python applications (and other free software) respect these. Example syntax:
    http://proxy_url:port
    http://username:password@proxy_url:port
    

I had the same issue when trying to install Django but was able to get it to
work by moving the django directory under Python27/Lib/site-packages. Is there
something similar I can do with django-dash?

I also tried downloading the sources and running python setup.py install. I
received the following error:

    
    
    File "setup.py", line 3, in <module> from setuptools import setup, find_packages ImportError: No module named setuptools
    

Link to django-dash: <http://django-dash.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>


Answer: Yes, you can probably get the sources from [The Python Package
Index](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/)

Once you have them, uncompress the files and install them manually (this will
depend on you OS).

On Linux systems:

    
    
    python setup.py build
    python setup.py install
    

Here's [the full reference](https://docs.python.org/2/install/)

**EDIT :** Note that when manually installing those packages, you must also
install any missing dependencies, eg. setuptools in your case

