This might be because you have non-ASCII characters somewhere in your file
path. Try getting a stacktrace to see where the error comes from:
django-admin.py startproject mysite --traceback
Erik
Den 11/03/2014 kl. 18.13 skrev Billy Garnet <billygar...@gmail.com>:
> I am having the same issue. Did you find a solution?
> Python is working, Django is reporting a version number.
>
> When I run django-admin.py startproject mysite I get the folder create and
> then the following errors:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/django-admin.py", line
> 5, in <module>
>
> management.execute_from_command_line()
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
> line 399, in execute_from_command_line
>
> utility.execute()
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
> line 392, in execute
>
> self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py",
> line 242, in run_from_argv
>
> self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py",
> line 285, in execute
>
> output = self.handle(*args, **options)
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/startproject.py",
> line 30, in handle
>
> super(Command, self).handle('project', project_name, target, **options)
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/templates.py",
> line 156, in handle
>
> content = content.decode('utf-8')
>
> File
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py",
> line 16, in decode
>
> return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
>
> UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xb0 in position 37:
> invalid start byte
>
>
> On Thursday, 25 April 2013 13:32:32 UTC-4, Eric Nielsen wrote:
> I am brand new to Django and I am having a big problem right off the bat. I
> cannot use startproject to begin my web app. When I use this command:
>
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py
> startproject cms
>
> I get this error:
>
> "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xb0 in position 37:
> invalid start byte"
>
> and then it doesn't create the web app. I have not even done any programming
> and it seems like this is something that is wrong with the Django files, but
> I am really confused as how their own files would have a character not in the
> English language that would be making this error. I have been searching
> online and I have found people with Unicode Decode Errors, but not any during
> this specific step and I have not been able to find an answer so far. I am
> running Django on a Mac with Snow Leopard and am using the stable version of
> Django with Python 2.7. I have been trying to figure this out for a while now
> and I just keep hitting walls, I would really like to try Django. Thanks for
> any help!
>
>
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