Using gaetestbed within virtualenv

Question

I'd like to give GAE Testbed a try, but am running into the following error after completing the instructions on its homepage.

$ nosetests --with-gae
...
ImportError: No module named dev_appserver

I've confirmed that this happens in both a virtualenv and outside of one.

Answer 1

Resolved by adding *google_appengine* directory to PYTHONPATH.

Answer 2

Use the --gae-lib-root option as in

$ nosetests --with-gae --gae-lib-root=/opt/my/google_appengine