'django' 在 PyCharm 的虚拟环境中未被识别为内部或外部命令

Question

New to PyCharm and Django, I've looked through online for this solution for a few hours already, nothing seems to work.

The usual: python -m django-admin startproject mysite does not seem to work if my cmd directory is at C:\Users\...\PycharmProjects\

On the other hand, if I use cd C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts before reentering the former code, I get the exact results that I want.

Any idea how to fix this?

Edit: Okay, so I figured a solution. If I were to copy "django-admin.exe" into C:\Users\...\PycharmProjects\ , django-admin startproject mysite will work as intended.

The real issue I have is the command python -m itself. Nothing that follows after that line seems to work with it. I've revised my advanced environment pathing, but so far I haven't had much luck.

Edit 2: Typing python takes me to Windows Store, but py will work as intended. Subsequently, problems like py -m django --version will work as intended if I type them in cmd. However, the problem persist if I try to do it in my PyCharm virtual environment.

I've tested and changed multiple directories for both cmd and PyCharm's virtual environment, the solution works consistently in cmd, but not in Pycharm. Any explanations for this?

Answer 1

You have to add python to your system path variable this is a quick tutorial on how to do so