Django django-extensions commands unavailable ( graph_models )

Question

I'm trying to install django-extensions + graphviz + pygraph but i can't. I have done the following steps ( under Ubuntu ):

sudo apt-get install graphviz libgraphviz-dev graphviz-dev python-pygraphviz

in the project virtualenv (running python 2.7.2+):

source <path to virtualenv>/bin/activate
pip install django django-extensions

if i run

which python

it selects the python in my virtualenv, so the python i'm using is the right one. in the virtualenv's site-package i have pygraphviz and django-extensions

python manage.py shell
import django_extensions
import pygraphviz 
RUNS OK

in my django project i have added 'django_extensions' in my INSTALLED_APPS

But when i run

python manage.py help

i can't see the commands and they are unavailable.

python manage.py graph_models -a -g -o model.png
Unknown command: 'graph_models'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.

How can I fix this ? Thanks!

Welcome! Is this an existing project? i.e. does `python manage.py runserver` work ok? Just to confirm - there are no `django-extension` commands appearing when you run `python manage.py help`? — Timmy O'Mahony, Mar 28 '12 at 13:24

jpic · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-10T08:30:54.917

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Run this in manage.py shell:

from django.conf import settings; 'django_extensions' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS

If it doesn't return True, then it means that you didn't add 'django_extensions' properly in INSTALLED_APPS, and that would be the only reason why Django doesn't find the command.

edited Sep 10 '17 at 08:30

answered Mar 28 '12 at 13:31

jpic

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wouldn't `python manage.py runserver` fail if `django_extensions` wasn't properly added? – Timmy O'Mahony Mar 28 '12 at 13:49
Thanks! the settings.py wasn't imported in the right way... now everything works as expected... THANK YOU! – Michael Mar 28 '12 at 14:01
@pastylegs i think that runserver would just do as if django_extension wasn't there at all. Thank you both for your feedback. – jpic Mar 28 '12 at 14:08
@jpic Yea, I must check that. Well spotted anyway – Timmy O'Mahony Mar 28 '12 at 14:14

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '13 at 18:00

Actually, if you look at your manage.py's code, you will notice that it sets DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULES according to your current site: let say "mysite.settings". If you want your manage.py to list additional extensions (e.g. ones from django-extensions or django-evolution) then you must add your project-root's folder to your python path, if not you will only get the bascc manage.py commands.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '23 at 20:03

I had it under everything else in settings.py INSTALLED_APPS. Moving it at the top fixed it:

From

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django_extensions',
]

TO

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django_extensions',
    ...
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

That is so weird!!! Moving to the top fixed my problem too. – Perceptron Mar 30 '23 at 19:07 — Perceptron, Mar 30 '23 at 19:07

Django django-extensions commands unavailable ( graph_models )

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