ImportError: No module named django_extensions

Question

I am completely new to python as well as to Django. I got a sample Django Rest project. When I run:

python manage.py makemigrations

I get the error:

ImportError: No module named django_extensions

How can I solve this?

I am running it in a virtualenv

Answer 1

It looks as if your sample project relies on django-extensions. You can install it by activating your virtualenv, then running:

pip install django-extensions

Once you have installed django-extensions, you may get a different import error if there are other packages missing from your virtualenv. Hopefully, your sample project will have a requirements.txt file which lists the requirements. If so, you can install the required packages with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Answer 2

Install the package using below command:

pip install django-extensions

after installing it in your django project, you have load this extension by inserting it in INSTALLED_APPS defined settings.py file of your project like the following way

INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django_extensions' ]

Just append 'django_extensions' element in list of INSTALLED_APPS

Thanks :)