II'm new on django . I am using ubuntu 13.04
Although i created the databse through phpmyadmin and also entered the credentials in settings.py but when i typed in the console
python manage.py syncdb
i got this error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 453, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 392, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 272, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 77, in load_command_class
module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 8, in
from django.core.management.sql import custom_sql_for_model, emit_post_sync_signal
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 9, in
from django.db import models
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/init.py", line 40, in
backend = load_backend(connection.settings_dict['ENGINE'])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/init.py", line 34, in getattr
return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 93, in getitem
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 27, in load_backend
return import_module('.base', backend_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 17, in
raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb
i have tried giving extensions to db name in settings.py but it didn't work. Please suggest what to do. Thanks !
