Are you in a virtualenv? Can you run $python manage.py shell?
Which version of python have you installed? Django v1.5 requires python >=
v2.6.5, and from your stacktrace it seems you just have v2.6.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/faq/install/#what-are-django-s-prerequisites
On Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:00:23 UTC+2, smy28 wrote:
>
> I just installed Django and I'm trying to initially set up the server, as
> detailed in the 'Part 1' Tutorial. I haven't configured any settings yet.
> Whenever I run the command "python manage.py runserver", I get the
> following message:
>
>
>
> Validating models...
>
> Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method Command.inner_run
> of <django.contrib.staticfiles.management.commands.runserver.Command object
> at 0x100592e90>>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File
> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py",
>
> line 92, in inner_run
> self.validate(display_num_errors=True)
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py",
> line 280, in validate
> num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
> File
> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/validation.py",
> line 35, in get_validation_errors
> for (app_name, error) in get_app_errors().items():
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py",
> line 166, in get_app_errors
> self._populate()
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py",
> line 72, in _populate
> self.load_app(app_name, True)
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py",
> line 96, in load_app
> models = import_module('.models', app_name)
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line
> 35, in import_module
> __import__(name)
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/models.py",
> line 21, in <module>
> from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
> File
> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/models.py",
> line 127, in <module>
> class ContentType(models.Model):
> File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line
> 97, in __new__
> new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, **kwargs))
> TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases
> __init__() keywords must be strings
>
>
>
>
> Any ideas as to why this is?
> Thanks in advance!!
>
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