Consistently getting ImportError: Could not import settings 'myapp.settings' error
django, python
Solution
Try:
export PYTHONPATH=/path/to/folder/with/manage.py:$PYTHONPATH
It seems like it is a path problem. the path from where you call `manage.py` is usually added to PYTHONPATH, if you call django-admin.py it is not. Your application therefore does not find the `ram` module. You need to add the folder where your `manage.py` resides to PYTHONPATH
EDIT
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DEBUG, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
Means you have to tell django, which settings. So enter the following line
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='ram.settings'
or start django-admin the following way
django-admin.py runserver --settings='ram.settings'
(With the changed pythonpath, of course)
Problem
There appears to be a number of potential solutions to this problem but nothing seems to work for me. Running `python manage.py runserver` is fine but I get the error when trying to run `django-admin.py` - with any option. I am actually trying to do a `django-admin.py dumpdata myapp`. ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module> management.execute_from_command_line() File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 261, in fetch_command commands = get_commands() File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 107, in get_commands apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__ self._setup(name) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 49, in _setup self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 132, in __init__ % (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e) ImportError: Could not import settings 'ram.settings' (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named ram.settings ``` Structure of my project directory is: ``` README.md ├── TODO ├── fabfile.py ├── manage.py ├── ram │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── __init__.pyc │ ├── ram.sqlite │ ├── ram.sqlite.orig │ ├── settings.py │ ├── settings.py.orig │ ├── settings.pyc │ ├── templates │ ├── urls.py │ ├── urls.pyc │ ├── wsgi.py │ └── wsgi.pyc ├── ramapp │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── __init__.pyc │ ├── admin.py │ ├── admin.pyc │ ├── forms.py │ ├── forms.pyc │ ├── models.py │ ├── models.pyc │ ├── templates │ │ └── ram │ │ ├── contributors.html │ │ ├── index.html │ │ ├── ram_sheet.html │ │ └── scenario_add.html │ ├── tests.py │ ├── urls.py │ ├── urls.pyc │ ├── views.py │ ├── views.py.orig │ └── views.pyc ├── requirements.txt └── templates └── admin └── base_site.html ``` I'm using virtualenvrapper which I have reinstalled and have no issue with. `manage.py` looks like this: ``` #!/usr/bin/env python import os import sys if __name__ == "__main__": os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "ram.settings") from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) ``` Not quite sure where else to go with this - any help massively appreciated. Thanks. Having tried to amend the `PYTHONPATH` as suggested, now get similar error: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module> management.execute_from_command_line() File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 272, in fetch_command klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 75, in load_command_class module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name)) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 40, in import_module __import__(name) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py", line 3, in <module> from django.core import serializers File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/__init__.py", line 22, in <module> from django.core.serializers.base import SerializerDoesNotExist File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/base.py", line 5, in <module> from django.db import models File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 83, in <module> signals.request_started.connect(reset_queries) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py", line 88, in connect if settings.DEBUG: File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__ self._setup(name) File "/Users/lemon/.virtualenvs/ram/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 47, in _setup % (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE)) django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DEBUG, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings. ```