Import Error: No module named django
Question:
I am using centos linux.
I had python 2.6 with django and now i upgraded to python 2.7.
Python 2.6 is located in /usr/lib/python2.6.
Python 2.7 is located in /usr/local/lib/python2.7.
They both have site-packages directory and they both contain django 1.2.
If i run python i get the 2.7 version.
My problem is that if try to import django i get
ImportError: No module named django
I am not sure where is my PYTHONPATH defined and if this is what i need to change.
anyone ?
i ended up making a symbolic link to the 2.6 site-packages directory.
Answers:
To check your path, you can use the following code:
import sys
print(sys.path)
If you already know where django is installed, it should be easy to test if the desired directory is in your path with directory in sys.path.
Regarding where your PYTHONPATH is defined, note that it’s an environment variable, so you can check its value (if defined) with: echo $PYTHONPATH
Try printing sys.path to see what’s in your path. Django need to be in one of the dirs listed. Example on Windows:
>>> import sys
>>> for p in sys.path: print p
C:Python27Libidlelib
C:Windowssystem32python27.zip
C:Python27DLLs
C:Python27lib
C:Python27libplat-win
C:Python27liblib-tk
C:Python27
C:Python27libsite-packages
>>>
Under linux, you can set the PYTHONPATH environment variable in your .profile or .bashrc. You can either edit it directly from the terminal by changing to your home directory (cd ~), and then edit the file (nano .bashrc), or by opening the file with gtkedit or vim or whatever, and add:
PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/another/path/etc
If you want to test this before editing your profile, you can export this from the terminal as:
export PYTHONPATH=/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
I’m assuming you’re running this straight from the command line. If you’re running it as a wsgi module in apache, you can add this to your syspath from your wsgi file as:
import sys
sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages')
try
pip freeze
this command show which packages are installed in your system
then run with root privilege
pip install django
then create a new project with command
django-admin.py startproject mysite
then start your project
cd path/to/mysite
./manage.py runserver
in file wsgi.py add this lines
import os
import sys
DJANGO_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '..')
sys.path.append(DJANGO_PATH)
I had the same error, and this fix my issue
python -m pip install django
🙂 Done!
If you are using a environment use:
$ <environment_location>/<environment_name>/bin/python manage.py runserver
django went missing with an upgrade to python 3.7
pip3 install django
fixed the problem.
python3 -m django --version1
for me it was that^
I also had same error but easily solved it .those who are using version 4 and above of Django and python 3.0 can do the following(for windows)
pip install virtualenv #installs virtual environment in pc
py -m venv myvenv #creates virtual environment named myvenv inside folder
myvenv/Scripts/activate # activates the virtual environment
You are now ready to go 🙂
pip install django # pip install django
python -m django –version # checks the version of installed django
Make sure to upvote me if this works for anyone:)
I am using centos linux.
I had python 2.6 with django and now i upgraded to python 2.7.
Python 2.6 is located in /usr/lib/python2.6.
Python 2.7 is located in /usr/local/lib/python2.7.
They both have site-packages directory and they both contain django 1.2.
If i run python i get the 2.7 version.
My problem is that if try to import django i get
ImportError: No module named django
I am not sure where is my PYTHONPATH defined and if this is what i need to change.
anyone ?
i ended up making a symbolic link to the 2.6 site-packages directory.
To check your path, you can use the following code:
import sys
print(sys.path)
If you already know where django is installed, it should be easy to test if the desired directory is in your path with directory in sys.path.
Regarding where your PYTHONPATH is defined, note that it’s an environment variable, so you can check its value (if defined) with: echo $PYTHONPATH
Try printing sys.path to see what’s in your path. Django need to be in one of the dirs listed. Example on Windows:
>>> import sys
>>> for p in sys.path: print p
C:Python27Libidlelib
C:Windowssystem32python27.zip
C:Python27DLLs
C:Python27lib
C:Python27libplat-win
C:Python27liblib-tk
C:Python27
C:Python27libsite-packages
>>>
Under linux, you can set the PYTHONPATH environment variable in your .profile or .bashrc. You can either edit it directly from the terminal by changing to your home directory (cd ~), and then edit the file (nano .bashrc), or by opening the file with gtkedit or vim or whatever, and add:
PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/another/path/etc
If you want to test this before editing your profile, you can export this from the terminal as:
export PYTHONPATH=/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
I’m assuming you’re running this straight from the command line. If you’re running it as a wsgi module in apache, you can add this to your syspath from your wsgi file as:
import sys
sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages')
try
pip freeze
this command show which packages are installed in your system
then run with root privilege
pip install django
then create a new project with command
django-admin.py startproject mysite
then start your project
cd path/to/mysite
./manage.py runserver
in file wsgi.py add this lines
import os
import sys
DJANGO_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '..')
sys.path.append(DJANGO_PATH)
I had the same error, and this fix my issue
python -m pip install django
🙂 Done!
If you are using a environment use:
$ <environment_location>/<environment_name>/bin/python manage.py runserver
django went missing with an upgrade to python 3.7
pip3 install django
fixed the problem.
python3 -m django --version1
for me it was that^
I also had same error but easily solved it .those who are using version 4 and above of Django and python 3.0 can do the following(for windows)
pip install virtualenv #installs virtual environment in pc
py -m venv myvenv #creates virtual environment named myvenv inside folder
myvenv/Scripts/activate # activates the virtual environment
You are now ready to go 🙂
pip install django # pip install django
python -m django –version # checks the version of installed django
Make sure to upvote me if this works for anyone:)