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Ubuntu – ImportError: Couldn't import Django having it installed

I’m trying to run a Django app on an Ubuntu VM but when I execute python manage.py runserver I get this error message:

ImportError: Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you forget to activate a virtual environment?

The code is de default of a Django project, ie,

    try:
        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
    except ImportError as exc:
        raise ImportError(
            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
        ) from exc

I’ve tried with all of the things described in this post (ie, I’m in a venv reciently created with django installed, checked the django installation, verified that PYTHONPATH is pointing to venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages, etc.) but I still have the error. Any idea?

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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
    0

    I've tried installing Django with:

    sudo python3 -m pip install django

    and it worked.


  2. 0

    Can you run command pip list to check Django is installed?
    if is installed uninstall
    pip uninstall Django
    and then use this command to install again
    python -c "import django"

    and try again with new project

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