无法在Django中导入GeoIP模块

Question

I'm using Django 1.5.5.

settings.py:

GEOIP_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR,  'geoIP')
INSTALLED_APPS = (..,'django.contrib.gis',..)

views.py:

from django.contrib.gis import geoip
print geoip.HAS_GEOIP

the print gives false .

If I try one of the following I get a ImportError: cannot import name GeoIP

from django.contrib.gis.utils import GeoIP #this one is deprecated whatsoever
from django.contrib.gis.utils.geoip import GeoIP #this one is deprecated whatsoever
from django.contrib.gis.geoip import GeoIP

Generally it looks like geoip does not contain a GeoIP module.

Also if I open python in the terminal:

>>> from django.contrib.gis.geoip import GeoIP
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name GeoIP

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Some more info, if I print:

from django.contrib.gis import geoip
print geoip

I get:

<module 'django.contrib.gis.geoip' from '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/gis/geoip/__init__.pyc'>

Not sure if that can be a hint for someone to help me?

Answer 1

It looks like you don't have GeoIP installed system-wide. django.contrib.gis.geoip is just a wrapper around the GeoIP library, and it must be installed regardless.

On OS X, if you use homebrew, just run brew install geoip . If not, you need to make sure the GeoIP lib is installed, and that you have libGeoIP.dylib located wherever your system keeps its libraries.