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Reputation: 51

Can't install Django on Windows in a virtualenv

I have used PIP install Django in my virtualenv and I get the following message: Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): django in virtual\env\folder\lib\site-packages\django-1.7.6-py2.7.egg

However in the tutorial it is expecting a django-admin.py file in the lib folder. Previously lib==scripts when using Windows but the file is in neither lib nor scripts.

What do I need to do in order to have my django-admin file in the correct directory?

Scripts directory:

 Directory of          C:\virtual\env\folder\Scripts

18/03/2015  10:23    <DIR>          .
18/03/2015  10:23    <DIR>          ..
18/03/2015  10:23             2,379 activate
18/03/2015  10:23               596 activate.bat
18/03/2015  10:23             8,252 activate.ps1
18/03/2015  10:23             1,129 activate_this.py
18/03/2015  10:23               348 deactivate.bat
18/03/2015  10:22            95,138 easy_install-2.7.exe
18/03/2015  10:22            95,138 easy_install.exe
18/03/2015  10:23            95,110 pip.exe
18/03/2015  10:23            95,110 pip2.7.exe
18/03/2015  10:23            95,110 pip2.exe
18/03/2015  10:22            26,624 python.exe
18/03/2015  10:22            27,648 pythonw.exe
          12 File(s)        542,582 bytes
           2 Dir(s)  54,728,036,352 bytes free

thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 808

Answers (1)

FlipperPA
FlipperPA

Reputation: 14311

Have you tried virtualenvwrapper? It makes life as a developer much, much easier.

pip install virtualenvwrapper

Then an example on getting started:

mkvirtualenv myproject # only necessary the first time
workon myproject # for an existing virtualenv
pip install django
django-admin.py startproject myproject
...
deactivate virtualenvwrapper

virtualenvwrapper has taken care of a lot of the pathing issues I've run into on Windows (I have a VM which has to support specific versions of Windows, Mac, and Vagrant). I hope this helps.

Regards,

-Tim

Upvotes: 3

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