Where is my Django installation?

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I use Django but I need to find the default templates and applications.

I don't know where it's installed.

How can I find that?

What platform you running on? Ubuntu? Mac? what... – Srikar Appalaraju Aug 12 '11 at 08:30 — Srikar Appalaraju, Aug 12 '11 at 08:30

score 163 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '11 at 08:31

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in the CLI you can do this:

>>> import django
>>> django
<module 'django' from '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/__init__.pyc'>

answered Aug 12 '11 at 08:31

Uku Loskit

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score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 08:30

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$ python
>>> import django
>>> django.__file__
'/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/__init__.pyc'

answered Aug 12 '11 at 08:30

Pierre de LESPINAY

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score 14 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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The current top answer doesn't work, at least on linux.

From the Django tutorial:

If you have difficulty finding where the Django source files are located on your system, run the following command:

python -c "
import sys
sys.path = sys.path[1:]
import django
print(django.__path__)"

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 19 '12 at 12:49

olafure

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Current top (accepted) answer works with my Ubuntu installation. As does yours. As do all of them! – Adam Marshall Apr 28 '14 at 14:24
@olafure sys.path assignment not required. Nonetheless, your code is right! – Ganapathy May 31 '14 at 18:37
a practical approach to the python -c command: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/intro/tutorial02/ – Timo Oct 15 '14 at 19:36

score 13 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 26 '14 at 18:06

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On Microsft-Windows OS: In the Lib/site-packages folder inside your python installation.

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answered Aug 12 '11 at 08:30

Exelian

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score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 09 '20 at 07:47

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As the comments on @olafure's answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/12974642/4515198 rightly say, the sys.path assignment is not required.

The following will be enough:

python -c "import django; print(django.__path__)"

Here the -c option is used to tell python that a "program is being passed in as string" (source: command $ python --help on bash)

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answered Aug 05 '17 at 15:19

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 08:32

This approach I am describing works across operating systems...

You try this on your command line - python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()"

This gives you the base directory. From there, type /django/ and here you find all the default templates, admin templates, etc.

Hope this helps...

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 28 '17 at 05:47

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import django
django.__file__

output will be given location of the django folder

'C:\\Users\\saigopi\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\__init__.py'

answered Apr 28 '17 at 05:47

saigopi.me

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That is my response years ago (the first one actually) but SO's algo decides to put it in the last position... – Pierre de LESPINAY Aug 06 '17 at 16:23

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 27 '14 at 11:17

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Worth mentioning that if you are using a virtual env all the packages will be in your project's root venv folder under "lib" ...

answered Dec 27 '14 at 11:17

haki

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All Іѕ Vаиітy · Answer 9 · 2017-03-02T16:16:26.283

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Try this on an terminal.

$ python -v
import django # directory /home/user/.virtualenvs/myenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django
# some other imports.

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answered Mar 02 '17 at 16:10

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score -1 · Answer 10 · answered May 23 '15 at 03:58

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If you are using virtualenv then it will be:
/home/user/path where you installed django/django_directory/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.8.1-py2.7.egg/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html
base-site.html is the default template.

answered May 23 '15 at 03:58

Sumit Nautiyal

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