tutorial 1 problems from djangoproject website - not working, do not exactly understand

Paul Kagan

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Mar 22, 2022, 9:13:02 AM3/22/22

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root@videotron:~ # django-admin startproject mysite
root@videotron:~ # python manage.py runserver
python: can't open file 'manage.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
root@videotron:~ # ls
.Xauthority .elinks .nn .viminfo git
.cache .emacs.d .npm .virtualenvs mbox
.cargo .k5login .profile .vnc mysite
.composer .local .rnd .weechat
.config .login .shrc about.txt
.cshrc .mysql_history .thelounge ca.key
root@videotron:~ # cd mysite
root@videotron:~/mysite # ls
manage.py mysite
root@videotron:~/mysite # python manage.py runserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 11, in main
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
main()
File "manage.py", line 17, in main
) from exc
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?
root@videotron:~/mysite # 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?
-sh: ImportError:: not found
root@videotron:~/mysite # python
Python 3.7.10 (default, Apr 10 2021, 01:41:46)
[Clang 11.0.1 (g...@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-11.0.1-0-g43ff75f2c on freebsd13
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import django
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'
>>> import django
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'
>>> exit()
root@videotron:~/mysite #