setting up django with virtualenv on windows7
django, path, python, virtualenv
Solution
Step 6 is where things start to go wrong
Your windows has bound .py(w) files to use Python from c:\python27 directory, not from your virtualenv.
I've written blog entry about virtualenv and win7: http://djangonautlostinspace.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/django-and-windows/
Problem
Im unable to start new project in a virtualenv. This is what i did so far: (fresh windows installation) 1) installed python 2.7 from http://python.org/download/ (not the 64 one) 2) using "set path=%path%;C:\python27" only seems to work for one cmd session, so i added C:\Python27; in my environment variables under advanced system settings, typing python in cmd returns ``` Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ``` 3) downloaded virtualenv.py from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv/ ran it with: ``` C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS>python virtualenv.py testenv New python executable in testenv\Scripts\python.exe Installing setuptools....................................done. Installing pip.........................done. ``` 4) activated it and installed some modules ``` C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\testenv\Scripts>activate (testenv) C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\testenv\Scripts> ... (testenv) C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS>pip install -r requirements.txt ... Successfully installed... ``` 5) tested if it works: ``` testenv) C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\testenv>python Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win 32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import django >>> print(django.get_version()) 1.4 >>> ``` 6) Tried to setup a project: ``` (testenv) C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\testenv>django-admin.py startproject testproject Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\testenv\Scripts\django-admin.py" , line 2, in <module> from django.core import management ImportError: No module named django.core ``` Path from virtualenv: ``` (testenv) C:\Users\Maciej\Dropbox\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\testenv>python Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win 32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> print sys.path ['','C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\lib\\site-packages\\pip-1.1-py2.7.egg', 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\python27.zip', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\DLLs', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\lib', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\Scripts', 'C:\\Python27\\Lib', 'C:\\Python27\\DLLs', 'C:\\Python27\\Lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv', 'C:\\Users\\Maciej\\Dropbox\\VIRTUALENV_ENVS\\testenv\\lib\\site-packages'] ``` I have no idea whats the problem, and how to fix it, also got another question, are those files from c:\python27 supposed to be in my virtualenv path? Should i attach any other logs? Poke me if so.