importerror: No module named django

Question

I installed python 2.6 alongside my mac's 2.5.2 version. As soon as I did, python2.6 manage.py runserver failed because it couldn't find django.core.management.

From a shell, import django returns importerror: No module named django.

Why?

Answer 1

Did you reinstall Django?

This happens when I install side by side versions of Python on Gentoo. Whenever I install a new version, I have to either reinstall the new ones or make a symlink to the old site-packages.

Answer 2

Because each installation of Python uses its own directory to store libraries. On a Mac, they are in /Library/Python/2.x/site-packages/. Presumably you originally installed Django in the 2.5 directory, but it isn't yet in the 2.6 one. You can symlink it there if you want to, or reinstall it using the new version.