From 39ed5d501b4dc14718b45c5e357ad0bffaf7e617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rimu <3310831+rimu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:47:51 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] update documentation to avoid future migration issues fixes
 #113

---
 INSTALL.md | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 8d016d19..2cd24ac0 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -120,9 +120,17 @@ If it does not work check the log file at logs/pyfedi.log for clues.
 <div id="initialise-database-and-setup-admin-account"></div>
 
 ## Initialise database, and set up admin account
-`flask init-db`       
+`export FLASK_APP=pyfedi.py`
+
+`flask db upgrade`
+
+`flask init-db`
+
 (choose a new username, email address, and password for your PyFedi admin account)
 
+If you see an error message "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask_babel'" then use `venv/bin/flask` instead of `flask`
+for all flask commands.
+
 <div id="run-the-app"></div>
 
 ## Run the app