Django.conf module not found, why?

Question

I'm trying to install the Evennia Python MUD and when I get to the python manage.py syncdb command I get the below message... any ideas on why?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "evennia.py", line 33, in ?
    from django.conf import settings
ImportError: No module named django.conf

Answer 1

An ImportError exception happens when Python cannot import a particular module. Usually it's because that module doesn't appear in your PYTHONPATH environment variable.

So, in your case, you need to add the path to django.conf to your PYTHONPATH.

Here's a great write-up on several different ways of accomplishing this:

http://docs.webfaction.com/software/python.html#importerror

Edited: corrected typo--django.conf should be added to the path, not evennia.py, thanks Yuji.