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i installed wsgi, python, apache and django on my Ubuntu 10.04 but when i 

django-admin.py runserver

i get this error

Error: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined.

how to solve this?any replies will be much appreciated.... and a step by step answers will be great,,,

Luis Alvarado
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RedKing
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2 Answers2

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DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.

function setdsm() {
    # add the current directory and the parent directory to PYTHONPATH
    # sets DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
    export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD/..
    export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then 
        x=${PWD/\/[^\/]*\/}
        export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$x.settings
    else    
        export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$1
    fi

    echo "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE set to $DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"
}

put this in .bash_profile, then a quick setdsm sets the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to the settings.py in the current directory and add the current directory and it’s parent to PYTHONPATH.

Taken from: http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/django_settings_module/
Check this also: http://martinjansen.com/2008/10/20/django-settings-files-for-development-and-production/

Hope this helps.

aneeshep
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  • export PYTHONPATH=$/home/idarine/neophyte/:$PWD/.. export PYTHONPATH=$/home/idarine/:$PWD -----------is this right?i substituted my current django directory and my parent directory. – RedKing Feb 17 '11 at 10:16
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the problem is that you are trying to run django server using djang-admin.py runserver script instead of ./manage.py runserver. In a nutshell, you should use django-admin.py to create your application, and manage.py to run development server, commands etc for current django application, for example:

django-admin.py startproject test
cd test
./manage.py runserver

Hope this helps.

dydek
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