pydev not recognizing python installation with django

Question

I have python installed with django. I know the installation is there because I installed it following the directions and in the command line I can do "import python" and there is no crash.

When I try creating a django project in pydev, I get an error: "Django not found."

What could the problem be?

Answer 1

Run the "import django" in the python shell to test if django is correctly installed.

Answer 2

go in the menu to window -> preference -> pydev -> Interpreter - Python ; and add the python interpreter there, if you installed the django in a virtual environment you should add the python interpreter of the virtual env ; after adding the interpreter by clicking on new you should now click on Apply , you should see now all the system libs from PYTHONPATH added there between them Django .

hope this will help

Answer 3

I stumbled upon this only yesterday myself: Django must not be among the system libraries for this to function...

Answer 4

I think I've got the same problem, Eclipse 3.5.2 on Fedora. In my PyDev Python interpreter settings I've got the site-packages/django folder (site-packages/django/bin too, just in case), but when I try to create a django project I get an error dialogue saying "It seems that the selected interpreter does not have Django available". Looks like I'm going to have to use Eric4, which is a pity because I can't get that working at all on my Windows rig! Unless I manage to understand the cryptic advice above, "Django must not be among the system libraries for this to function..."