No module named django but it is installed

Question

I have two versions of python 2.7 and 3.4 and installed django through pip. it shows in ubuntu terminal:

$ pip freeze Django==1.6.11 $ pip --version pip 1.5.4 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7) $ python Python 2.7.9 (default, Feb  3 2016, 02:50:32)  [GCC 4.8.4] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>import django Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named django >>> import sys >>> sys.path ['', '/usr/local/lib/python27.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages'] >>>  

Any idea??

Answer 1

Probably, pip installs packages into dist-packages directory, which is not included into PYTHONPATH environment variable. You have a couple of solutions:

1. Create and configure virtualenv for your project, before using pip. This is the most Pythonic way

2. Try to install Django using built-in pip module:

   python -m pip install django 

   This command should install packages into site-packages directory.

3. You may also add dist-packages to your PYTHONPATH. This question should help you: How to globally modify the default PYTHONPATH (sys.path)?