Question

I have a virtualenv all set up with the --no-site-packages flag on.

When I did pip install django==1.3 everything seemed to install just fine.

When I ran python manage.py sycndb I get the error.

ImportError django.contrib.staticfiles: No module named staticfiles

I know this is a feature of 1.3 and should work. When I go in to the python shell and type

>>> import django
>>> django.VERSION
(1, 2, 1, 'alpha', 0)

Any idea why I get back 1.2 I have the vitrualenv on and know I am in it because I can import other things I have installed. Everything but django seems to work. It seems I am getting a ghost verson or another version installed on my machine, but that shouldnt happen beacause of the –no-site-packages, right?

Answer 1

Can you perform the following checks:

1. Are you using python from your virtualenv?

   which python

   /home/raisins/.virtualenvs/yourenv/bin/python

2. Open a python shell and check where your django is coming from:

   python

   >>> import django

   >>> django.__path__

   >>> ['/home/raisins/.virtualenvs/yourenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django']

3. When you run your pip install command, have you activated your virtual environment?