'Command not found: django-admin.py

I am a complete beginner to Python/Django, but I want to dive right in and start experimenting. Thus I was following this guide on installing Python/Django http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/django.

Everything is working fine until the step

django-admin.py startproject hellodjango

Where I get

command not found: django-admin.py

Now I have tried a few things, but none have really worked out. Is there someone kind enough to point me in the right direction?

P.S. Is there a great guide out there on running Python/Django locally on a Mac to run and test apps?

I'm on Mac OS X Lion, Python 2.7.

Solution 1:^[1]

When that didn't work for me, I tried python -m django startproject mysite and it worked.

Solution 2:^[2]

Actually, if you use Ubuntu, it's just django-admin not django-admin.py.

Resides in /usr/bin
Probably the same thing on Mac.
You're using a Windows tutorial.

It may also tell you

python manage.py runserver

and that is actually

python ./manage.py runserver

Solution 3:^[3]

I tried as the method, it worked.

pip uninstall django
sudo pip install django
django-admin startproject example

It worked well.

Solution 4:^[4]

Make sure you properly did the source bin/activate command. If you skip that, or do it in a different terminal window, or close the window then re-open it, you won't be in the virtualenv and you won't have access to the django-admin.py command in your environment.

Solution 5:^[5]

To solve this problem, you need:

Find the main folder of Django, and find the django-admin.py file

Typically, the file is in <YOUR_DJANGO_FOLDER>/bin/django-admin.py
Create a link for this file

ln -s /bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin/django-admin
Type django-admin in your command to check if it works

Solution 6:^[6]

If you´re on Windows, here´s what worked for me (using pylauncher):

$ py -m django startproject myproject

Solution 7:^[7]

As Timmy said above, it could just be that django-admin.py is not on your system path. See here - https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/InstallationPitfalls - for 3 possible causes with solutions.

Solution 8:^[8]

To Windows users

using django-admin instead of django-admin.py worked for me in Windows.

Solution 9:^[9]

For me this one worked

python3 -m django startproject mysite

Then it doesn't tell you that it created file you must check by yourself in your home

hardrive/user/urhome

Solution 10:^[10]

python3 -m django startproject mango

Solution 11:^[11]

I have used follwong command to install (/usr/local/bin) MAC OS

pip install django

django-admin startproject mysite

Solution 12:^[12]

The following guide in official site https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/InstallationPitfalls

First, you should find location of django-admin.py by

which django-admin.py

Example: in my case

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py

You use sudo ln -s to relocate django-admin-py to /usr/local/bin

sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin/django-admin.py

after that change permission of the django-admin to be executable sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/django-admin.py

Now you can use django-admin.py startproject mysite to create your django project

If you want to change django-admin.py to django-admin to look like more compact you can use sudo mv /usr/local/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin/django-admin

Hope this help for you !

Solution 13:^[13]

I was just having the same problem, I just did an upgrade and that's it, it worked, I hope this is useful for future problems in Linux:

pip install --upgrade django

Solution 14:^[14]

To windows users out there: I have faced this problem several times and here are the checkpoints:

When there is problem initiating a new project, make sure:

1) python is working in the command line (type in python and see if you get the console)

2) specify the full path of django-admin.py in the command

3) check django-admin.py is in the system path

4) cd the command line path to where you want the new project

Screenshot of what finally worked for me (only the last command): https://flic.kr/p/r9LJ67 (stackoverflow doesn't allow me to post pictures yet)

Solution 15:^[15]

If you come across command not found: django-admin.py problem which means you don't installed django frame work. You should install the framework using pip.

pip install django

After that look at the directory if the related script exist or not.
Look into C:\Python27\Scriptsfolder to check for django-admin.py exist or not.

Solution 16:^[16]

if you install django by pip

ensure you have installed django:

pip list or pip freeze

if there is django then

get location of django:

pip show django

if location is '/Users/xxxxx/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages' then

relocate django-admin-py to /usr/local/bin:

ln -s /Users/xxxxx/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin/django-admin.py

Solution 17:^[17]

This simply worked for me. Install django on your virtualenv:

pip install django

And then run:

django-admin startproject myprojectname

Solution 18:^[18]

Get site-package path with Python:

import site; site.getsitepackages()

And run django-admin.py directly:

python (your-site-package-addresss)/django/bin/django-admin.py startproject hellodjango

On Mac: If this works you can go and add django-admin.py to your path using symlink:

sudo ln -s (your-site-package-addresss)/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin/django-admin

(could be that you have to reopen terminal or reinstall django to get the symlink working)

Solution 19:^[19]

I changed my complete python path to desktop and tried and it's working well for me

Solution 20:^[20]

There may be a chance that your path is not correct. Ubuntu has a .local/bin folder which pip uses to install module binaries and you need it in your path to use django or any shell commands installed using pip.

Open ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
Add the following line and save it

export PATH="/home/animesh/.local/bin:$PATH"

restart the shell with source ~/.zshrc

Solution 21:^[21]

On RHEL stock python config:

django-admin.py startproject mysite

Solution 22:^[22]

I'm running macOS and I'm using pyenv instead of virtualenv. I'm not sure if they behave similarly, but I was having the same problem in which django-admin.py was not found.

After a while I've noticed that I had a warning after installing django: pyenv: cannot rehash: /Users/msvolenski/.pyenv/shims/.pyenv-shim exists

Once I deleted this file and ran pyenv rehash it all started working perfectly.

Hope this helps!

Solution 23:^[23]

For Windows Users first search for django-admin, right click on the file that has been found and open file location and keep it open.

Using Windows Powershell, cd into the the folder where you want to create your django project

when your in the right folder write the full path of where django-admin is located in my case I am using Anaconda 3 so the file location is

C:\Users\Sen\Anaconda3\Scripts

so in Windows PowerShell type C:\Users\Sen\Anaconda3\Scripts\django-admin.py startproject [name of project]

hope this helps!

Solution 24:^[24]

I had the same issue when migrating to AWS Beanstalk it was installed and everything but i noticed the alias was not working but when i called the entire thing path and all it worked so i just rebooted the boxes and it worked i think the alias list is not updated automatically after you install.

Solution 25:^[25]

It has to do with the PATH:

Put this in the .bash_profiel and the source it (for mac users only): (change the location with the location of your installed python libraries)

PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

Solution 26:^[26]

If someone is facing the same problem, and is on MacOs, here is what I did, and it worked for me:

If you've installed python directly from the official website, uninstall it, and install it once again using brew:

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

$ brew install python3

This will also install the pip3 for you, so you don't have to install it by yourself.

Solution 27:^[27]

I was facing the same issue.

The issue resolved after I upgraded the django version using

pip install --upgrade django

Then run

django-admin startproject mysite

Hope this helps!

Solution 28:^[28]

There was a space in one of the names in the path to my project. I set up a new virtual environment in a new directory and did all the same things and it works.

Sometimes it is the simple things...

Solution 29:^[29]

In my case i simply forgot to run pip install django

Solution 30:^[30]

Since you're just starting out. It is very important to adopt best practices. You will face many dependency related issues with this approach of development. In this case it is always recommended to work with a virtual environment for each python project.

This will ensure fresh installation of project-specific dependencies that do not overlap with what the system you are running on already has.

If you have not already noticed, you will come across more issues such as python3 not working with earlier versions of django. pip will skip install as it checks and finds a version of django already installed. So this cannot be stressed enough, always use a virtual environment for local setups.

to do so:

cd [your project path]

virtualenv venv

you can active your environment by :

source ./venv/bin/active

install your requirements packages with pip :

pip install -r or pip install you can also install your requirements modules without activate the environment

./venv/bin/pip install

to run your python script use :

python <.py file>

and if you didn't activate your env use :

./venv/bin/python <.py file>

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