Get an error when I try to run manage.py runserver

Question

So I am trying to start a project in Django and I installed everything according to the documentation here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/intro/tutorial01/

Now, when I try to run the server with the command "py manage.py runserver", I get the following error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in main
    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
ImportError: No module named 'django'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 21, in <module>
    main()
  File "manage.py", line 16, in main
    ) from exc
ImportError: Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you forget to activate a virtual environment?

I have added all the required environment variables and I can't figure out what's the issue here. Any help would be great: :)

Answer 1

Make sure you install your virtual environment

py -m pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

workon myvenv

python -m venv myvenv

Make sure you are in correct directory to load your virtual environment

PS C:\Users\taylo\Desktop\django-project\myweb>  . myvenv\Scripts\activate.ps1

You will know when its activated it will look similar to this (myvenv) Then install Django via pip like so

(myvenv) PS C:\Users\taylo\Desktop\django-project\myweb> pip install django

create your project and cd into

(myvenv) PS C:\Users\taylo\Desktop\django-project\myweb> django-admin startproject myproject
(myvenv) PS C:\Users\taylo\Desktop\django-project\myweb> ls
(myvenv) PS C:\Users\taylo\Desktop\django-project\myweb> cd myproject

to run local server the folder path should line up

(myvenv) PS C:\Users\taylo\Desktop\django-project\myweb\myproject> python manage.py runserver

Answer 2

Try command " python manage.py runserver" to run the server. check if django is installed or not use the command "pip freeze" to check all python package installed. If you installed djanjo in virtalenv check virtualenv activated or not?

Answer 3

Make sure that django is installed on your system.

py -m django

If that command leads you to error "No moduled named django" , try the command:

py -m pip install django