Django Installation Error :

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Trying to create the first project. First got the below error when I ran,

django-admin.py startproject mysite

then I tried,

django-admin.py

Also symlinked the path and its in the path. But I still get the error.

. . .
File "/Users/Satha/django-trunk/django/bin/django-admin.py", line 7, in execfile(file) File "/Users/Satha/django-trunk/django/bin/django-admin.py", line 4, in from pkg_resources import require; require('Django==1.5.dev20120720114244') File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 666, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 546, in resolve requirements = list(requirements)[::-1] # set up the stack File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2438, in parse_requirements yield Requirement(project_name, specs, extras) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2465, in init self.unsafe_name, project_name = project_name, safe_name(project_name) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 1113, in safe_name return re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9.]+', '-', name) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 151, in sub File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 231, in _compile RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object

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How did you install django? Are you using the dev version? – jdi
I used this, docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/… – Satheesh Kumar
Unless you are trying to work with development features you should remove that and use the stable release version. – jdi
Ok thanks! Is there an easy way to remove this version and install the new version. – Satheesh Kumar
Did you even install it with python setup.py in the first place or were you just running it right away? If you installed it, it would be in your system site-packages – jdi

1 Answers

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Unless you have some specific reason, you should probably not be using an unstable dev version of django (1.5). Though I am not exactly sure why you are having problems even with the dev branch, as it installs fine for me and creates a project equally as easily.

I recommend trying to first remove the dev version, and then install django via easy_install or pip which will get you v1.4. Installation Instructions here

If after installing django 1.4, if you still have this issue, try creating a virtualenv, which will make an isolated environment in a directory, and then install django in that.