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    copied!<p>I have a Django (1.5.1) site running on Python 2.7.3 in a virtualenv at <a href="http://www.pythonanywhere.com" rel="nofollow">PythonAnywhere</a>. As far as I remember, everything used to work fine. Lately, although I haven't changed anything except some Django code, I get the following message when I run <code>pip</code>:</p> <pre><code>(venv)11:34 ~ $ pip Could not find platform dependent libraries &lt;exec_prefix&gt; Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to &lt;prefix&gt;[:&lt;exec_prefix&gt;] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/*~*//venv/bin/pip", line 5, in &lt;module&gt; from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/*~*//venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.34-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 16, in &lt;module&gt; import sys, os, zipimport, time, re, imp, types ImportError: No module named time </code></pre> <p>Needless to say, <code>pip</code> does not work at all after producing the above error.</p> <p>When I run <code>python</code> with the virtualenv activated, I again get the following error:</p> <pre><code>(venv)11:34 ~ $ python Could not find platform dependent libraries &lt;exec_prefix&gt; Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to &lt;prefix&gt;[:&lt;exec_prefix&gt;] Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 29 2013, 15:12:04) [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/*~*//.pythonstartup.py", line 1, in &lt;module&gt; import rlcompleter ImportError: No module named rlcompleter &gt;&gt;&gt; </code></pre> <p>But, thereafter, the Python console appears to be in working order.</p> <p>Without the virtualenv activated, <code>python</code> runs fine without any errors.</p> <p>All was well a couple weeks ago when I last ran <code>pip</code> and installed some packages, but now, <code>pip</code> is not working, although all of my Django site's features run just fine. I appreciate any ideas that could get <code>pip</code> to work again.</p>
 

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