Error while creating django app

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I am currently receiving this error when trying to create a new django app {django 1.2.4 (mod_wsgi3.2/python 2.6)}:

Error: Error while executing system commands:
Unknown command: 'startproject'
Type 'django-admin.py help' for usage.

Was the script updated recently, or is this something on my end that is broken?

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I think something on your end may be broken. Since Django is not installed by default, and I only had it installed in my virtualenv for pinax, I had to install it in ~/lib/python2.6/. However after installing it I was able to start a project in my home directory without an issue,

$ easy_install-2.6 django
$ django-admin.py startproject test123

If you would like support to take a closer look you may submit a ticket at panel.webfaction.com.

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answered 27 Dec '10, 12:31

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edited 27 Dec '10, 12:34

I was attempting to create a new django app through the panel. I do currently have another django app installed for another website, do you think that is the problem?

(27 Dec '10, 13:54) joshfinnie

Installing django from the control panel installs it within the webapp directory assigned to it. It sets up paths for the default application to work with apache and not the paths needed for the shell to work globally. This is because you may need django-admin.py from multiple projects and calling it directly is more accurate. However it can be overcome by simply installing django with easy_install.

(27 Dec '10, 14:19) johns

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