Question

I am trying to install django on ubuntu. I am walking through the following setup tutorial: http://jeffbaier.com/articles/installing-django-on-an-ubuntu-linux-server/

I am getting an error when I try to do the ‘syncdb’ step. It seems like an environment problem. How do I fix this?

me@ubuntu:~/django_projects/myproject$ django-admin.py syncdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module>
    management.execute_from_command_line()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 433, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  ...
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 92, in __init__
    raise ImportError("Could not import settings '%s' (Is it on sys.path?): %s" % (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e))
ImportError: Could not import settings 'myproject.settings' (Is it on sys.path?): No module named myproject.settings
me@ubuntu:~/django_projects/myproject$

Answer 1

No, this is a problem with that tutorial. You should run manage.py syncdb.