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Django: no module named settings

When I try to run python manage.py runserver I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Users/user/lokvi/lokvi_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 363, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Users/user/lokvi/lokvi_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 307, in execute
settings.INSTALLED_APPS
File "/Users/user/lokvi/lokvi_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 56, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/Users/user/lokvi/lokvi_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 41, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/Users/user/lokvi/lokvi_env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 110, in __init__
mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
__import__(name)
ImportError: No module named settings
I have python 2.7 in my virtualenv. I noticed strange thing at the last lines of my stack trace, the line before the last line has path that goes like that: /lokvi_env/lib/python2.7 etc
But the last line goes like that System/Library/Frameworks etc, so it seems like path has changed from virtualenv to system. Is it ok?

You need to import settings module
from django.conf import settings

Oh, It was not the python path specific question, sorry. I just needed __init__.py in settings module inside of my project, since there were no settings it tried to find it in python lib itself and couldn't, I believe.

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.

Using fabric, the path to git repository returns an empty string

The collect static runs fine when it is executed manually from the command line, but it fails with sentry's built-in git function
But I know this is not sentry problem, because the problem occurs when I use gitpython to retrieve the git path
source /home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/bin/activate && python /home/ubuntu/myproject/manage.py collectstatic -v 1 --noinput
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ubuntu/myproject/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 354, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 303, in execute
settings.INSTALLED_APPS
File "/home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 44, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 92, in __init__
mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/home/ubuntu/myproject/myproject/settings/prod.py", line 100, in <module>
"release": raven.fetch_git_sha(os.path.dirname(os.pardir)),
File "/home/ubuntu/.virtualenvs/myproject/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/raven/versioning.py", line 25, in fetch_git_sha
'Cannot identify HEAD for git repository at %s' % (path,))
raven.exceptions.InvalidGitRepository: Cannot identify HEAD for git repository at
Here is another example where fabric would fail while the local execution will be okay:
from git import Repo
from . import appname
import os
print appname.__path__
base_dir = os.path.dirname(appname.__path__[0])
repo = Repo(base_dir)
dt = repo.head.commit.committed_date
the appname's path will be empty. I am using from fabric.context_managers import cd for all my fabric tasks.

First steps Django errors

I need to ask because I'm starting in Django and it was impossible for me to continue with the tutorial that I'm following. I've just completed a Python course, I know the basics of python. The case is that I've installed Django in my mac and it's OK because when I do in the IDLE the
import django
print django.VERSION
It makes a good answer without errors in IDLE (is the software that I use to write python code). But when I execute in the Terminal the command:
python manage.py runserver
It raises this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module>
management.execute_from_command_line()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/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/7.3/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/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 261, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 69, in load_command_class
module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 8, in <module>
from django.core.servers.basehttp import AdminMediaHandler, run, WSGIServerException, get_internal_wsgi_application
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/servers/basehttp.py", line 26, in <module>
from django.views import static
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/views/static.py", line 95, in <module>
template_translatable = ugettext_noop(u"Index of %(directory)s")
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 75, in gettext_noop
return _trans.gettext_noop(message)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__
if settings.USE_I18N:
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 184, in inner
self._setup()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 40, in _setup
raise ImportError("Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable %s is undefined." % ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE)
ImportError: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined.
I also want to ask you some questions:
Can I use XAMPP instead of Django? How?
What is Django used for exactly?
I've installed PyDev in Eclipse. How can I set Django to execute code properly?

call command django-admin startproject xxx under the target directory. You can get three .py files: setting.py, urls.py and manage.py. And you can execute python manage.py runserver command

I think it's slightly outdated now, but I'd seriously recommend going through the Djangobook examples. It'll explain how to set up Django properly, and give a pretty good foundation in how to use it.

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