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    copied!<p>I've got the following installed through MacPorts on MacOS X 10.5.6:</p> <pre><code>py25-sqlite3 @2.5.4_0 (active) python25 @2.5.4_1+darwin_9+macosx (active) sqlite3 @3.6.12_0 (active) </code></pre> <p><code>python25</code> is correctly set as my system's default Python.</p> <p>I downloaded a fresh copy of Django 1.1 beta (I have the same problem with 1.0 and trunk, though) and installed it with "<code>sudo python setup.py install</code>".</p> <p>Things seem to load correctly through the interactive interpreter:</p> <pre><code>$ python Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Apr 10 2009, 16:02:52) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5490)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. &gt;&gt;&gt; import django &gt;&gt;&gt; import sqlite3 &gt;&gt;&gt; ^D </code></pre> <p>But:</p> <pre><code>$ django-admin.py startproject foo $ cd foo/ $ python manage.py runserver Validating models... Unhandled exception in thread started by &lt;function inner_run at 0x6c1e70&gt; Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 48, in inner_run self.validate(display_num_errors=True) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 246, in validate num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/validation.py", line 22, in get_validation_errors from django.db import models, connection File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 22, in &lt;module&gt; backend = __import__('%s.base' % settings.DATABASE_ENGINE, {}, {}, ['']) ImportError: No module named dummy.base </code></pre> <p>If I change <code>DATABASE_ENGINE</code> in <code>settings.py</code> to "<code>sqlite3</code>", I get the following, seemingly related problem:</p> <pre><code>$ python manage.py runserver Validating models... Unhandled exception in thread started by &lt;function inner_run at 0x6c1e70&gt; Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 48, in inner_run self.validate(display_num_errors=True) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 246, in validate num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/validation.py", line 22, in get_validation_errors from django.db import models, connection File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 22, in &lt;module&gt; backend = __import__('%s.base' % settings.DATABASE_ENGINE, {}, {}, ['']) ImportError: No module named base ^C$ </code></pre> <p>I swear this all worked a few days ago and I don't recall changing anything related to Django or Python, installation-wise.</p> <p>My various Google adventures have turned up nothing useful. So... Any ideas?</p> <p>Edit: '<code>syncdb</code>' raises the same exceptions.</p>
 

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