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Heroku, Django Collectstatic causing error

I am new to Heroku and I have been asked to look at someone's project hosted there (their previous supplier is not available).
This is a Django 1.4 project.
In order to learn if I've downloaded the project and loaded it to a new Heroku app. Works fine, but I've had to set disable_collectstatic = 1 due to an error. The original app is using an amazon s3 bucket for the static files so I can use those and all ok.
I'm now trying to setup my own s3 bucket and have it create the static files there. I'm getting the following traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 261, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 70, in load_command_class
return module.Command()
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 57, in __init__
self.storage.path('')
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 184, in inner
self._setup()
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/storage.py", line 279, in _setup
self._wrapped = get_storage_class(settings.STATICFILES_STORAGE)()
File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/files/storage.py", line 277, in get_storage_class
raise ImproperlyConfigured('Error importing storage module %s: "%s"' % (module, e))
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing storage module storages.backends.s3boto: "cannot import name force_bytes"
Interestingly I get the same ImproperlyConfigured error if I try and access admin from my 'new' project.
What is the cause of this and what am I missing?

So the problem here, which #e4c5 pointed towards, was packages being out of sync. The problem wasn't boto but django-storages. The requirements.txt file has django-storages==1.2a but that isn't being found so I went with v1.4. When I worked through the code, I realised I needed to go backwards to 1.1.8 to get compatibility. Now sorted.

Django, cannot make messages

I'm writing this post because after hours of research around, no real solution was found about my issue.
I've a Django project that used to run on another computer. Now, I've a new one, I've reinstalled Django and VirtualEnvWrapper.
I've cloned my project from my git and I can work and deploy without any issues.
Running ./manage.py works when I'm on the correct virtualenv (via workon 'my_project_name').
My problem is that I can't generate translations any more.
Here is the trace-back:
(MyProject)--- python/MyProject ‹master*➔ M› »django-admin.py makemessages --all
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module>
management.execute_from_command_line()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 376, in execute
sys.stdout.write(self.main_help_text() + '\n')
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 240, in main_help_text
for name, app in six.iteritems(get_commands()):
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 107, in get_commands
apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 49, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 132, in __init__
% (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e)
ImportError: Could not import settings 'MyProject.settings.local' (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named MyProject.settings.local
When I'm checking my sys.path, here is the content:
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python27.zip
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/plat-mac
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/Extras/lib/python
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/lib-old
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages
/Users/jbcollet/.virtualenvs/MyProject/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks a lot

Django 1.4.1 error loading MySQLdb module when attempting 'python manage.py shell'

I am trying to set up MySQL, and can't seem to be able to enter the Django manage.py shell interpreter. I did install MySQL-python but that did not solve the issue.
Getting the output below:
rrdhcp-10-32-44-126:django pavelfage$ python manage.py shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle
return self.handle_noargs(**options)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/shell.py", line 45, in handle_noargs
from django.db.models.loading import get_models
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
backend = load_backend(connection.settings_dict['ENGINE'])
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 34, in __getattr__
return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 92, in __getitem__
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 24, in load_backend
return import_module('.base', backend_name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 16, in <module>
raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named _mysql
Any suggestions really appreciated.

You are probably missing the MySQLdb module. You basically just have to install it.
By the looks of it, you are using a Mac, so you might want to check out this answer for detailed installation instructions: How to install MySQLdb (Python data access library to MySQL) on Mac OS X?
On a totally alternate solution, as you mentionned Django development you might want to use sqlite3 instead of MySQL, which could be simpler to install.

You should be able to import MySQLdb from python shell.
Try importing MySQLdb from python shell not django
If you can not import MySQLdb from python shell;
It may caused because of 32-64 bit mismatch,
Try this link

python manage.py runserver fails

I am trying to learn django by following along with this tutorial. I am using django version 1.1.1
I run
django-admin.py startproject mysite
and it creates the files it should. Then I try to start the server by running
python manage.py runserver
but here is where I get the following error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
execute_manager(settings)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 362, in execute_manager
utility.execute()
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 303, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 195, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 213, in execute
translation.activate('en-us')
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 73, in activate
return real_activate(language)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 43, in delayed_loader
return g['real_%s' % caller](*args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line 205, in activate
_active[currentThread()] = translation(language)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line 194, in translation
default_translation = _fetch(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line 172, in _fetch
for localepath in settings.LOCALE_PATHS:
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 273, in __getattr__
return getattr(self._wrapped, name)
AttributeError: 'Settings' object has no attribute 'LOCALE_PATHS'
Now, I can add a LOCALE_PATH atribute and set to an empty tuple to my settings.py file but then it just complains about another setting and so on. What am I missing here?

Something is broken in your django installation. maybe you have a (very) old version somewhere in the path?
LOCALE_PATHS was given a default value in the global settings file a long time ago.

Can't really explain that. Try removing the project directory and starting again.
Are you definitely running the manage.py from within the directory with the settings file?

Django failing to find apps

I have been working on a django app on my local computer for some time now and i am trying to move it to a mediatemple container and im having a problem when i try to start up django. it gives me this traceback:
application failed to start, starting manage.py fastcgi failed:Traceback
(most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 11, in ?
execute_manager(settings) File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 340,
in execute_manager utility.execute() File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 295,
in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/core/management/base.py", line 192, in
run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/core/management/base.py", line 210, in
execute translation.activate('en-us') File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line
73, in activate return real_activate(language) File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line
43, in delayed_loader return g['real_%s' % caller](*args, **kwargs) File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line
209, in activate _active[currentThread()] = translation(language) File
"/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line
198, in translation default_translation = _fetch(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
File "/home/58626/data/python/lib/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py",
line 181, in _fetch app = getattr(__import__(appname[:p], {}, {},
[appname[p+1:]]), appname[p+1:]) AttributeError: 'module' object has no
attribute 'web'
The name of the first app is "web".

Steps I would take would be
Run the dev server on your Media Template instance. If that runs successfully, it obviously is an error with your apache/nginx/whaever setup.
I dont have experience running apps as FCGI, which it looks to em you are trying to do. It looks to me that somehow when Fcgi runs, it is unable to find your apps. So this is possibly a PYTHONPATH issue. Log/Print sys.path from your fcgi script and look there.