[django] ImportError: Couldn't import Django

I've already configured virtualenv in pycharm, when using the python manage.py command, this is error shown:

E:\video course\Python\code\web_worker\MxOnline>python manage.py runserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 17, in <module>
    "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
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?

How should I fix it, I've installed django.

1. Check that you have installed Django; by executing import django in python. you mustn't see ModuleNotFoundError if everything's ok.

2. Check that you have installed virtualenv; by executing virtualenv --version. you must see the version number if everything's ok.

3. Check that you have enabled virtualenv; there's got to be the name of your virtualenv in your command prompt starting line. enable it by source bin/activate. also, remember to deactivate it every time your job is finished with the virtualenv.

   

4. Check that your virtualenv includes django. a virtualenv by default has no modules installed. you either have to install django in your virtualenv (even if you have it in your machine already) or use virtualenv --system-site-packages when creating a virtualenv to include system site packages in the virtualenv.

5. Add django to your path. open python, import django, then run django to see django's path. then add it to your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc if you're using zsh). more info in here

6. Install django-admin by running pip install django-admin

find your django parent dir path and add it to PYTHONPATH

In my case, my django parent dir path is /Library/Python/3.7/site-packages,add this line into ~/.bash_profile

export PYTHONPATH=/Library/Python/3.7/site-packages

else if you have PYTHONPATH already, just append it like this

export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/Library/Python/3.7/site-packages

then

source ~/.bash_profile

If you are working on a machine where it doesn't have permissions to all the files and moreover you have two versions such as default 2.7 & latest 3.6 then while running the command use the python version with the command. If the latest python is installed with sudo then run the command with sudo.

exp:

sudo python3.6 manage.py runserver

The problem is related to this error: Execution Policy Change

Start virtualenv by running the following command:

Command Line C: \ Users \ Name \ yourdjangofilesname > myvenv \ Scripts \ activate

NOTE: On Windows 10, you may receive an error by Windows PowerShell that the implementation of these scenarios is disabled on this system. In this case, open another Windows PowerShell with the "Run as Administrator" option. After that, try typing the following commands before starting your virtual environment:

C:\WINDOWS\system32> set-executionpolicy remotesigned

Execution Policy Change: The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose you to the security risks described in the about_Execution_Policies help topic at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.

Do you want to change the execution policy? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): A

After selection Y(es), close the Powershell admin window, and then go back to the Powershell Window(where you got the error) and run the command again.

> myenv\Scripts\activate and then python manage.py runserver 8085 ,

(8085 or any number if you want to change its default port to work on otherwise you dont need to point out anything. )

If you are using python 3 use py in front of cmd code, like this

py manage.py runserver

Looks like you have not activated your virtualenv when using the runserver command.

Windows: <virtualenv dir>\Scripts\activate.bat

Linux: source <virtualenv dir>\bin\activate

You should see (name of virtualenv) as a prefix to your current directory:

(virtualenv) E:\video course\Python\code\web_worker\MxOnline>python manage.py runserver

You need to use both commands: pip install django and pip3 install django that worked for me

When you install Django on your computer all things go fine but when you install a Virtual environment it gets separated from all things. You will know it's importance when you will make a final project and deploy it to any cloud or hosting.

Just reinstall Django in the virtual environment and baam:

pip install Django

and then just run the command for testing:

python manage.py runsever

and you are all done.

you need to go to the root directory and run the below command

source bin/activate

Once the above command is executed, you will be able to create custom apps

if you don't want to deactivate or activate the already installed venv just ensure you have set the pythonpath set

set pythonpath=C:\software\venv\include;C:\software\venv\lib;C:\software\venv\scripts;C:\software\venv\tcl;C:\software\venv\Lib\site-packages;

and then execute

"%pythonpath%" %venvpath%Scripts\mytestsite\manage.py runserver "%ipaddress%":8000

I think the best way to use django is with virtualenv it's safe and you can install many apps in virtualenv which does not affect any outer space of the system vitualenv uses the default version of python which is same as in your system to install virtualenv

sudo pip install virtualenv

or for python3

sudo pip3 install virtualenv

and then in your dir

mkdir ~/newproject

cd ~/newproject

Now, create a virtual environment within the project directory by typing

virtualenv newenv

To install packages into the isolated environment, you must activate it by typing:

source newenv/bin/activate

now install here with

pip install django

You can verify the installation by typing:

django-admin --version

To leave your virtual environment, you need to issue the deactivate command from anywhere on the system:

deactivate

I was having great difficulties with this but I have solved my issue. I am on Windows 10 using Vagrant ssh in my virtualenv environment, the box I have installed is ubuntu/xenial64, Django version 2.1, python==3.6.

When I was installing packages I was using pip3 but most importantly I was using sudo and the -H flag to install these packages. When I ran sudo pip3 freeze my packages would come up, but when I ran a plain pip3 freeze there would be no packages.

Then I tried the python3 manage.py startapp <YOUR APP NAME> and it did not work same error as you.

I finally thought to try sudo python3 manage.py startapp <YOUR APP NAME> it finally worked!

Hope this was help :)

In case you have virtual env activated, django installed, django-admin --version prints the valid version - check if there is no circular import in the file you are executing.

windows :

1. (virtualenv dir)\Scripts\activate # this step to activate virtualenv

2. you should be in the dir of (project name)

3. python manage.py runserver

To create a virtual environment for your project, open a new command prompt, navigate to the folder where you want to create your project and then enter the following:

py -m venv project-name This will create a folder called ‘project-name’ if it does not already exist and setup the virtual environment. To activate the environment, run: project-name\Scripts\activate.bat**

The virtual environment will be activated and you’ll see “(project-name)” next to the command prompt to designate that. Each time you start a new command prompt, you’ll need to activate the environment again.

Install Django

Django can be installed easily using pip within your virtual environment.

In the command prompt, ensure your virtual environment is active, and execute the following command:

py -m pip install Django

You can use python3 to run file, if you don't want to use virtualenv.python3 manage.py runserver

To install python3 look at this page

I had same problem, I installed all dependencies with root access :

In your case:

sudo pip install django

In my case, I had all dependencies in requirements.txt, So:

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

You need to install Django, this error is giving because django is not installed.

pip install django

I solved this problem in a completely different way.

Package installer = Conda (Miniconda)
List of available envs = base, djenv(Django environment created for keeping project related modules).

When I was using the command line to activate the djenv using conda activate djenv, the base environment was already activated. I did not notice that and when djenv was activated, (djenv) was being displayed at the beginning of the prompt on the command line. When i tired executing , python manage.py migrate, this happened.
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 deactivated the current environment, i.e conda deactivate. This deactivated djenv. Then, i deactivated the base environment.
After that, I again activated djenv. And the command worked like a charm!!

If someone is facing a similar issue, I hope you should consider trying this as well. Maybe it helps.

I faced the same issue, and in my case it was because I had multiple python versions on my machine, in addition to the Anaconda ones. In my case django didn't worked well with my anaconda python. I knew that when I run import django on each python terminal for all versions I have.

As a summary here are the steps I made to get this solved:

1. Run the CMD as Admin

2. Create a project folder.

3. Create a new ENV for this new project INSIDE THE PROJECT Folder...

   pip install virtualenv >> virtualenv new_env`
   

4. Activate it:

   .\new_env\Scripts\activate`
   

5. After the env activation ? Install Django:

   python -m pip install Django
   

The python version you used here in step 5 will determine which python will to work with this installed Django.

Instead of creating a new virtual environment, you just have to access to your initially created virtual environment when you started the project.

You just have to do the following in your command line:

1)pipenv shell to access the backend virtual environment that you have initially created.

2) Then, python manage.py runserver

Let me know if it works for you or not.

I faced the same problem when I was doing it on windows 10. The problem could be that the path is not defined for manage.py in the environment variables. I did the following steps and it worked out for me!

1. Go to Start menu and search for manage.py.
2. Right click on it and select "copy full path".
3. Go to your "My Computer" or "This PC".
4. Right click and select "Properties".
5. Select Advanced settings.
6. Select "Environment Variables."
7. In the lower window, find "Path", click on it and click edit.
8. Finally, click on "Add New".
9. Paste the copied path with CTRL-V.
10. Click OK and then restart you CMD with Administrator privileges.

I really hope it works!

I also face the same problem in windows 10 with anaconda For me anaconda3\Scripts>activate

it's working good. What you have to do you just need to go to anaconda home

AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Scripts

and you need to open a cmd prompt and type activate.

It will activate the venv for you.