from django.template import Template, gives output

firedancer · 11-30-2007, 03:08 PM

i started the django tutoial , but now i'm stuck
can this be related to corrupted installation or do i need to change settings ,
not really sure what to do
any options suggestions so i can proceed are appreciated
thank you
firedancer

Quote:

from django.template import Template
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/template/__init__.py", line 918, in <module>
add_to_builtins('django.template.defaultfilters')
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/template/__init__.py", line 915, in add_to_builtins
builtins.append(get_library(module_name))
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/template/__init__.py", line 904, in get_library
mod = __import__(module_name, {}, {}, [''])
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/template/defaultfilters.py", line 5, in <module>
from django.utils.translation import gettext
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
if settings.USE_I18N:
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/conf/__init__.py", line 28, in __getattr__
self._import_settings()
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/django/conf/__init__.py", line 53, in _import_settings
raise EnvironmentError, "Environment variable %s is undefined." % ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE
EnvironmentError: Environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined.