Import Error: No module named django

Question

I am using centos linux.

I had python 2.6 with django and now i upgraded to python 2.7.
Python 2.6 is located in /usr/lib/python2.6.
Python 2.7 is located in /usr/local/lib/python2.7.
They both have site-packages directory and they both contain django 1.2.

If i run python i get the 2.7 version.
My problem is that if try to import django i get

ImportError: No module named django

I am not sure where is my PYTHONPATH defined and if this is what i need to change. anyone?

i ended up making a symbolic link to the 2.6 site-packages directory.

Answer 1

I had the same error, and this fix my issue

python -m pip install django

:) Done!

Answer 2

To check your path, you can use the following code:

import sys     
print(sys.path)

If you already know where django is installed, it should be easy to test if the desired directory is in your path with directory in sys.path .

Regarding where your PYTHONPATH is defined, note that it's an environment variable, so you can check its value (if defined) with: echo $PYTHONPATH

Answer 3

Under linux, you can set the PYTHONPATH environment variable in your .profile or .bashrc. You can either edit it directly from the terminal by changing to your home directory (cd ~), and then edit the file (nano .bashrc), or by opening the file with gtkedit or vim or whatever, and add:

PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/another/path/etc

If you want to test this before editing your profile, you can export this from the terminal as:

export PYTHONPATH=/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

I'm assuming you're running this straight from the command line. If you're running it as a wsgi module in apache, you can add this to your syspath from your wsgi file as:

import sys
sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages')

Answer 4

try

pip freeze

this command show which packages are installed in your system then run with root privilege

pip install django

then create a new project with command

django-admin.py startproject mysite

then start your project

cd path/to/mysite
./manage.py runserver 

in file wsgi.py add this lines

import os
import sys
DJANGO_PATH =  os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '..')
sys.path.append(DJANGO_PATH)

Answer 5

Try printing sys.path to see what's in your path. Django need to be in one of the dirs listed. Example on Windows:

>>> import sys
>>> for p in sys.path: print p

C:\Python27\Lib\idlelib
C:\Windows\system32\python27.zip
C:\Python27\DLLs
C:\Python27\lib
C:\Python27\lib\plat-win
C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk
C:\Python27
C:\Python27\lib\site-packages
>>> 

Answer 6

django went missing with an upgrade to python 3.7

pip3 install django

fixed the problem.

Answer 7

如果您使用的是环境，请使用：

$ <environment_location>/<environment_name>/bin/python manage.py runserver

Answer 8

python3 -m django --version1

对我来说就是这样^

Answer 9

I also had same error but easily solved it.those who are using version 4 and above of Django and python 3.0 can do the following(for windows)

pip install virtualenv #installs virtual environment in pc

py -m venv myvenv #creates virtual environment named myvenv inside folder

myvenv/Scripts/activate # activates the virtual environment

You are now ready to go.

pip install django # pip install django

python -m django --version # checks the version of installed django