Virtualenvironment Ubuntu 12 ImportError: No module named django.core.management

Question

I can create a project with django-admin.py startproject within a virtualenv. But when I try to run server with python manage.py runserver, I get an error:

(check)robin@robin-VirtualBox:~/checking$ python manage.py runserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 8, in <module>
    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
ImportError: No module named django.core.management

But I can run the server when I deactivate the environment and run the it from the project directory. Please help how to solve this. Thank you.

(check)robin@robin-VirtualBox:~/checking$ pip freeze
argparse==1.2.1
wsgiref==0.1.2

Solution 1

Most likely, you have not installed django in the virtual environment.

• Either install django in virtual environment. Activate the environment and then install django using pip or other methods.

• Or link/copy django installed on the system (somewhere in /usr/lib/python-XXX) to python site packages in the environment. No recommended.

Solution 2

from the output of pip freeze you don't have Django installed in your virtual environment

run pip install django