Sam, thanks for your help. Problem solved, partly with your advice. I had two versions of Python on the same machine, and they were interacting oddly. The 2.6 was being used when I type "python" at the command line, but the 3.1 was being invoked for .py filetypes at the CMD prompt.
Best wishes, Nick On Feb 3, 1:16 pm, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3 February 2010 12:28, NickMellor<nick.mellor.gro...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > Trying to get started with Django on Windows XP. Trying to create a > > project. Fails with: > > > ImportError: No module named django.core > > > Have grabbed djtrunk from svn. The same error, whether I have run > > setup.py or not (originally I didn't, as per the svn install > > instructions.) > > > Python: 2.6 > > c:\python26\djtrunk (subversion checkout folder) > > System path: contains either djtrunk\django or site-packages\django > > (depending on whether I've run setup.py or not) > > Pythonpath: c:\python26\lib\site-packages\django (if pythonpath > > deleted, makes no difference--same error) > > > There *is* a core module in c:\python26\lib\site-packages\django > > Your pythonpath should contain - c:\python26\lib\site-packages > > If you include the 'django' directory in that path, python will only > resolve imports using what's inside, and because there is no 'django' > directory inside the django directory, it can't resolve it. > > if djtrunk is the SVN checkout, what's inside > c:\python26\lib\site-packages\django ? I wouldn't recommend having two > versions of Django in system/python path - could lead to odd errors. > > > > > Can anyone help? > > > Thanks, > > > Nick > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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.
