need to upgrade django1.4.5-->django1.5, but apt-get install django tells me i'm running latest version

[arthur sherman]

i get the following errors in the apache2 error.log:

VersionConflict: (Django 1.4.5 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages), Requirement.parse('Django>=1.5'))

but when i attempt upgradinging django apt-get install reports that i'm at the latest version:

 apt-get install python-django

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

python-django is already the newest version.

The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:

  libmysqlclient16

Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.

any suggestions?

[Andreas Kuhne]

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Hi Arthur,

You should checkout how to run virtual environments for installing python packages.

Check: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/

You can then install any version of any python package you want.

Regards,

Andréas

[Mike Dewhirst]

Uninstall using sudo apt-get remove django

You probably want to stop your web server for the duration of the
process. Sometimes having it running will prevent upgrades.

Re-install using pip rather than apt-get ...

pip install django==1.4.5
pip install <any other Django-related packages>

Prove everything still works (temporarily start the web server)

pip install --upgrade django==1.5.x

Re-start your web server

If you use apt-get you are stuck with the version of Django which the
package maintainers originally settled on for your distro. Using pip you
can manage it all yourself.

Andreas' advice to use virtualenv is excellent and you should follow it.

Good luck

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