ImportError: No module named modelsinspector

Question

I get the following error when I do syncdb

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 220, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 351, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/shell.py", line 18, in handle_noargs
    loaded_models = get_models()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 167, in get_models
    self._populate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 64, in _populate
    self.load_app(app_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 78, in load_app
    models = import_module('.models', app_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
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    from south.modelsinspector import add_introspection_rules
ImportError: No module named modelsinspector

Answer 1

Why have you installed South 0.5? The current version of South is 0.7.3 - 0.5 is more than two years old and dates from before the reorganisation that added the modelsinspector module. Delete that version and install the latest one.

Answer 2

You are missing module modelsinspector. Install it.