django import error - No module named core.management

If you are in a virtualenv you need to activate it before you can run ./manage.py 'command'

source path/to/your/virtualenv/bin/activate

if you config workon in .bash_profile or .bashrc

workon yourvirtualenvname

*please dont edit your manage.py file maybe works by isnt the correct way and could give you future errors

Please, reinstall django with pip:

sudo pip install --upgrade django==1.3

(Replace 1.3 to your django version)

If, like me, you are running your django in a virtualenv, and getting this error, look at your manage.py. The first line should define the python executable used to run the script. This should be the path to your virtualenv's python, but it is something wrong like /usr/bin/python, which is not the same path and will use the global python environment (and packages will be missing). Just change the path into the path to the python executable in your virtualenv.

You can also replace your shebang line with #!/usr/bin/env python. This should use the proper python environment and interpreter provided that you activate your virtualenv first (I assume you know how to do this).

I had the same problem because I was installing Django as a super user, thus not in my virtualenv. You should not do sudo pip install Django

Instead, install it this way:

$ source ./bin/activate
$ pip install Django