Thanks Karen for your reply, and sorry for the delay in my reply. It did turn out to be a PYTHONPATH issue. I finally solved it by
1. making sure the XP PYTHONPATH system variable exists and includes at least: C:\python26;C:\python26\Lib\site-packages\dd_django;C: \Python26\Lib;C:\Python26;C:\python26\Scripts;, and 2. put %PYTHONPATH%; into the system PATH var. These were done at Control Panel \ System \ Advanced tab \ Environment Variables button \ system variables field. ~ Ken On Oct 3, 8:42 pm, Karen Tracey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Ken <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm setting up my first Django and my first project on a Windows XP > > machine, following the Django tutorial part 1 (http:// > > docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/#intro-tutorial01). > > > I'm stuck at the point where it says to test the installation by > > starting the Django development server with the command: "python > > manage.py runserver". > > > When I do that, I get the error: > > > C:\django\portal>python manage.py runserver > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "manage.py", line 2, in ? > > from django.core.management import execute_manager > > File "C:\python24\Lib\site-packages\Django-1.1\django\core\management > > \__init__.py", line 3, in ? > > from optparse import OptionParser, NO_DEFAULT > > ImportError: No module named optparse > > > There is no optparse.py within the Django installation (at C: > > \Python24\Lib\site-packages\Django-1.1\) but there is one in C: > > \Python24\Lib\. > > > Why is the "import" is not finding it? > > That would seem to be some problem with your Python installation. The Lib > directory ought to automatically be on the Python path when you run python. > You can check this by checking sys.path from a Python shell, for example: > > D:\tmp>\bin\Python2.4.4\python.exe > Python 2.4.4 (#71, Oct 18 2006, 08:34:43) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on > win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> > import sys > >>> sys.path > > ['', 'C:\\WINNT\\system32\\python24.zip', 'D:\\tmp', > 'D:\\bin\\Python2.4.4\\DLLs', 'D:\\bin\\Python2.4.4\\lib', > 'D:\\bin\\Python2.4.4\\lib\\plat-win', 'D:\\bin\\Python2.4.4\\lib\\lib-tk', > 'D:\\bin\\Python2.4.4', 'D:\\bin\\Python2.4.4\\lib\\site-packages'] > > >>> from optparse import OptionParser, NO_DEFAULT > >>> NO_DEFAULT > ('NO', 'DEFAULT') > > But if it's not there I'm not sure how you'd fix it (nor, if it is there but > for some reason you still cannot import stuff that is located in it, would I > know how to fix that). > > Is there some reason you are using Python 2.4? Django does work with it but > it is fairly old. Since there seems to be something off with the install > you have you might just try installing a more recent Python and see if > things improve. > > Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
