Setting up for python django development with Debian Linux

[Gary Roach]

Hi all,

I have been trying to set up a python, django, mysql, virtualenvwrapper 
and git development project and am really confused. All of the 
documentation seems to ignore the apt-get installation methods used by 
Debian Linux and its derivatives. Does pip install the same as apt-get; 
I don't think so. If I use virtualenvwrapper, how does this fit with the 
normal debian (wheezy) installation. I also need git which just confuses 
the situation even more. Must I give up the automatic updating system 
that Debian provides when setting up the development environment? The 
documentation centers on Windoz, Mac and generic Linux distributions and 
ignores the automation of the Debian installation. All of the 
documentation I have found concentrates on the installation of 
individual packages or on the use of python-django and is very sketchy 
on the overall virtualenv(wrapper), git, python-django file structure 
and installation order.

Any help with straightening out my brain in this area will be sincerely 
appreciated.

Gary R.