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Posted by Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points

Could not start a django project

  • Installed django with cmd pip install django

  • when i try to start project using cmd "django-admin startproject exampleProject" throws error Cannot find installed version of python-django or python3-django.

  • when try to run this cmd django-admin --version throws the above same error

  • I'm using ubuntu15.10 and python2

4 Answers

Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points

At last getting started with django project, my steps here maybe useful for someothers

I just start from the first

  1. create a new virtual environment using "python3 -m venv django_env"
  2. activate the virtual environment using "source django_env/bin/activate"
  3. upgrade pip using "pip install --upgrade pip"
  4. To install django "pip install django~=1.10.0"
  5. To verfiy django installation "dango-admin --version"
  6. To start project "django-admin startproject django_basics"
  7. Create a project folder for me to check get into project folder
  8. do cmd "python manage.py runsever 0.0.0.0:8080" server gets started.

Thank you max once again.

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Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
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Firstly, have a go at installing Django with Python3.

Try sudo pip3 install django.

If that doesn't work, then try sudo easy_install --upgrade django

Otherwise, have a go at python3 -c "import django; print(django.get_version())" and tell me what it says.

Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points
Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points

Thanks for your reply,

when i activate python3 and do import and then print version with above syntax gave me 1.10.5.

But without activating python3 do cmd as django-admin --version gave me Cannot find installed version of python-django or python3-django.

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Try running sudo apt-get python3-django

Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points
Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points

Using above cmd shows err as "E: Invalid operation python3-django".

I followed following steps to get start a new django project, I'm not sure the steps are correct I'll put the steps here correct me if i did something wrong.

  1. Create a virtual env and get into that
  2. Install django using "pip3 install django"
  3. if i do cmd django-admin --version or django-admin startproject projectname throws error as "django-admin" not installed so i decide to install in main machine
  4. in main machine did the same cmd pip3 install django,
  5. After that overcome the error come at step-3 using sudo apt-get install django-common
  6. In Next try, facing the err as "Cannot find installed version of python-django or python3-django"