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I'm new to Ubuntu, and I love it so far. I have been trying to install Django for a website development project. In the terminal, when I start the python interpreter and type 

import django 
django.VERSION

I face no issues and get

(1, 8, 2, 'final', 0)

Then, to start my project, I typed

django-admin startproject trialsite

and I got a message saying 

Cannot find installed version of python-django or python3-django

I installed django using pip install Django==1.8.2 and also installed the django-admin package before using it via apt-get. Also, I have been following the Django book as a guide through the whole process. Can someone tell me what the issue is?

EDIT:
My /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages and site-packages are both empty. I don't know if this is important. But according to the django book, this is where django-admin should be.

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There are a number of different ways in which you can install Django depending upon your needs and how you want to configure your development environment.

  • Global Install from Packages:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-django

    You can test that the installation was successful by typing:

    django-admin --version

  • Global Install through pip:

    sudo apt-get update

    Now you can install pip. If you plan on using Python version 2, install using the following commands:

    sudo apt-get install python-pip

    If, instead, you plan on using Python 3, use this command:

    sudo apt-get install python3-pip

    Now that you have pip, we can easily install Django. If you are using Python 2, you can type:

    sudo pip install django

    If you are using Python 3, use the pip3 command instead:

    sudo pip3 install django

    You can verify that the installation was successful by typing:

    django-admin --version

  • Global Install through pip.

  • Global Install through pip.

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  • thank you. I am confused though. I used sudo apt-get install python-django, and it worked. But when I used pip install Django==1.8.2, even that installed django right? Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 5:37
  • It is the same. 1.8.2 Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 5:43
  • I suppose specifying version was the problem Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 5:46

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