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Asked: 2026-05-26T21:34:04+00:00

I need to setup a Django dev environment. I did a git clone and

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I need to setup a Django dev environment.

I did a git clone and pulled all the django project files from production on my local machine (a Vagrant enabled VM).

The problem is that my local machine has a different path to the project than my production ( and I can’t change that) so it’s having problems finding modules stated under INSTALLED_APPS on my local machine.

For example on the production my project is on the /myproject folder while on my local machine is under /vagrant/web/myproject.

On the production I’m accessing my app modules like this:

INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'myproject.myapp')

Also within the Django apps I’m accessing various app modules like this:

from myproject.myapp.models import *

What do I need to do to emulate production paths to my modules on my dev box so I don’t have to change the paths to the modules on my local machine?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you’re doing project-relative imports, all you need to do is ensure that the path directly above your project is on the PYTHONPATH.

    You need only issue the following at the command line:

    export PYTHONPATH='/vagrant/web'

    If you’re using virtualenv, you can add that line to your environment’s bin/activate file.

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