Thanks a million, Kurtis! I followed your advice and I no longer get any errors when I run "python manage.py runserver". Hurray :) !
I'll probably give PostgreSQL a try once I've got the hang of python and django a bit more, since you were all so positive about that. My next problem is that the command python manage.py synchdb does not create any tables, but I've started a new thread for that :) http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/eca94f905a6bea10 Thanks for all your help! /Angelika On Oct 28, 7:56 pm, Kurtis <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, I think I've got the exact steps down needed to get this running > right. If these are actually it, I'm not sure if I had any other > prerequisites I can't think of at the moment, then it's a matter of > copying and pasting 3 lines into your terminal. (Less than 5-10 > minutes total) > > 1. Install "Brew" (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) > 2. Use Brew to Install mysql-connector-c > 3. Install MySQL-python > > Open up your terminal and follow these steps. If you are unsure of > anything during the process, then feel free to read more information > on what these are. Google is your friend here :) > > /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSLhttps://raw.github.com/gist/323731)" > brew install mysql-connector-c > sudo easy_install mysql-python > > Hopefully that works for you! Good luck. > > On Oct 28, 12:19 pm, creecode <creec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello Angelika, > > > On Friday, October 28, 2011 2:13:20 AM UTC-7, angelika wrote: > > > creecode, I tried the commands you suggested first. No matter which > > > > version I switched to, it still said No module named django, which > > > seems weird but there it is. > > > If your curious about where the old Django install may have gotten to you > > could try on the command line... > > > sudo find -x / -name django -print > > > So I ran sudo easy_install django, just > > > > to see if it could be that easy. When the install was done, it seemed > > > to work at first. I could run import django, no problem. I started the > > > tutorial on djangoproject.com and got as far as setting up a db and > > > running python manage.py runserver, before the dreaded > > > "django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb > > > module: No module named MySQLdb" started showing up. God damn it. > > > If you are just doing local development for learning I think you can bypass > > the database install, at least that is what the Django Quick Install docs > > indicate. > > > At this point I thinking maybe I should just switch to using > > > > PostgreSQL instead, if that would solve the problem. What do you guys > > > think? > > > You could give it a go but if you're just wanting to get through the > > tutorial is does seem like overkill. I've just tried installing Postgres > > on Mac OS X for the first time and it wasn't smooth sailing by any means. > > Part of the issues were related to installing the Postgres server on an > > older OS version and hardware. I did install psycopg2 on recent hardware > > with current Lion and a fair amount of hair pulling. psycopg2 is a > > connector so that Django, through Python, will be able to talk to a > > Postgres server. It does the same job that MySQLdb does for MySQL. > > > Toodle-loooooooooooooo............. > > creecode -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
