Unknown command: shell_plus and --settings

Question

I try to run some

python manage.py shell_plus --notebook --settings=my_app.settings.andi

But it fails with error:

Unknown command: 'shell_plus'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.

I have ipython and shell_plus installed (from my pip freeze)

django-shell-plus==1.1.5
ipython==1.2.1

How to deal with it?

Have you added `shell_plus` to your `INSTALLED_APPS`? – neoascetic Apr 01 '14 at 10:28 — neoascetic, Apr 01 '14 at 10:28
@neoascetic Is there `--notebook` ? – andilabs Apr 01 '14 at 11:07 — andilabs, Apr 01 '14 at 11:07

score 46 · Answer 1 · edited May 27 '19 at 01:39

46

Make sure you have installed django-extensions.

pip install django-extensions
Add django_extensions (note the underscore between) to the INSTALLED_APPS list in settings.py file of your project.

edited May 27 '19 at 01:39

Community

answered Dec 31 '16 at 09:09

NING Li

1

This was very useful. Just to clarify, in step (2) it should added be to `INSTALLED_APPS` (spelling) within `settings.py` (or whatever python file you use for settings). – NYCeyes Oct 13 '17 at 23:36

neoascetic · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-01T10:37:02.180

11

According to documentation, you need to call it as ./manage.py shell+.

Probably you've mixed up this command with shell_plus from django-extensions?

edited Apr 01 '14 at 10:37

answered Apr 01 '14 at 10:30

neoascetic

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