Error was: Could not import settings 'project.settings.local'

[jonathan-s]

ERROR:root:Error while trying to get django settings module.
Error was: Could not import settings 'project.settings.local' (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named project.settings.local

I get this error as I try to pip install it from the repo. Any clues? If I try to import it from python it works perfectly.

[Alir3z4]

@jonathan-s Which version you're trying to install, I patched this error a while ago and it's in the master right now.

Have you tried to install Django(nonrel fork) first ?

[kaedroho]

I am getting this error as well. Heres my traceback

       Downloading django-mongodb-engine-0.5.1.tar.gz
       Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_u28212/django-mongodb-engine/setup.py) egg_info for package django-mongodb-engine
       Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
       File "/tmp/pip_build_u28212/django-mongodb-engine/setup.py", line 3, in <module>
       import django_mongodb_engine as distmeta
       File "django_mongodb_engine/__init__.py", line 41, in <module>
       if isinstance(settings.INSTALLED_APPS, tuple):
       File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 46, in __getattr__
       self._setup(name)
       File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 42, in _setup
       self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
       File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 98, in __init__
       % (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e)
       ImportError: Could not import settings 'wagtaildemo.settings.heroku' (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named wagtaildemo.settings.heroku
       Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
       Traceback (most recent call last):

       File "<string>", line 17, in <module>

       File "/tmp/pip_build_u28212/django-mongodb-engine/setup.py", line 3, in <module>

       import django_mongodb_engine as distmeta

       File "django_mongodb_engine/__init__.py", line 41, in <module>

       if isinstance(settings.INSTALLED_APPS, tuple):

       File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 46, in __getattr__

       self._setup(name)

       File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 42, in _setup

       self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)

       File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 98, in __init__

       % (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e)

       ImportError: Could not import settings 'wagtaildemo.settings.heroku' (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named wagtaildemo.settings.heroku

It looks like the issue is being caused by setup.py importing django_mongodb_engine/__init__.py which imports django settings. I have set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable globally (using Heroku) which is why it knows where to look. I am using Django 1.7.1.

EDIT:

After some further investigation, I found that this is being caused by having the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE set while installing django-mongodb-engine.

To reproduce, just run: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=blah.blah pip install django-mongodb-engine