#27591: running manage.py with virtual environment
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Reporter: Satheesan | Owner: nobody
Varier |
Type: | Status: new
Uncategorized |
Component: | Version: 1.10
Uncategorized | Keywords: Django, Virtualenv,
Severity: Normal | Powershell
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 1
UI/UX: 0 |
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Virtual Environment : Windows Powershell 5.0 /
virtualenvironmentwrapper-powershell
Python : 2.7.12 / Django: 1.10.4
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Outside venvs the following are installed
virtualenv==15.1.0
virtualenvwrapper-powershell==12.7.8
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Inside venv, Django is installed
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django-admin startproject mysite
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manage.py shell ( throws ImportError )
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try:
import django
except ImportError:
raise 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?"
)
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Observation 1 : Even though manage.py is unable to import Django
if we open a python shell, we can import django
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Observation 2 : If we pip install Django outside the venv redundantly
then manage.py will not throw ImportError on any of the manage.py
commands. it will pickup django from there.
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Issue : manage.py should get Django from the virtualenv
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/27591>
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