Django - No Module named 'django'

Question

I recently installed Django and below is the installation path

C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python Software Foundation\\Python\\Lib\\site-packages\\

I added the path to the PATH environment variable and I tried django-admin command in the cmd prompt. I am getting the below error:

'django-admin' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Whereas if I go into the django's bin folder and issue the same django-admin command, I am getting the below error

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python Software Foundation\\Python\\Lib\\site-packag es\\django\\bin\\django-admin.py", line 2, in from django.core import management ImportError: No module named 'django'

All I want is for Django to create a website for me inside the project folder that I have created. Any help on how to fix this will help me started with Django.

Answer 1

I would recommend you to install django within virtual environment.

Follow these steps for ubuntu:

1. Choose/make a folder mkdir DjangoProjects

2. Inside that folder install virtualenv by:

   pip install virtualenv .

3. Active environment as:

   source ./bin/activate

4. Install Django as :

   pip install django

It will install the latest version of django

Now You can verify that the installation was successful by typing:

django-admin --version

It must show : 1.10.5

For windows OS read follow this tut: https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/installation/