As a Python developer, I love using Django for web development. Its built-in features and clear code structure make building scalable and robust web applications fast and efficient. In fact, I used Django to build my own web app for Python testing and training.
Here’s how you can install Django:

pip install django
Alternatively, you may use any of the following commands to install django
, depending on your concrete environment. One is likely to work!
π‘ If you have only one version of Python installed:pip install django
π‘ If you have Python 3 (and, possibly, other versions) installed:pip3 install
π‘ If you don't have PIP or it doesn't workdjango
python -m pip install
π‘ If you have Linux and you need to fix permissions (any one):django
python3 -m pip installdjango
sudo pip3 install
π‘ If you have Linux with aptdjango
pip3 installdjango
--usersudo apt install
π‘ If you have Windows and you have set up thedjango
py
aliaspy -m pip install
π‘ If you have Anacondadjango
conda install -c anaconda
π‘ If you have Jupyter Notebookdjango
!pip install
django
!pip3 install
django
Let’s dive into the installation guides for the different operating systems and environments!
How to Install Django on Windows?

To install the updated Django framework on your Windows machine, run the following code in your command line or Powershell:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
Here’s the code for copy&pasting:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
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How to Install Django on Mac?

Open Terminal (Applications/Terminal) and run:
xcode-select -install
(You will be prompted to install the Xcode Command Line Tools)sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install django
pip install django
As an alternative, you can also run the following two commands to update pip and install the Django library:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
These you have already seen before, haven’t you?
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How to Install Django on Linux?

To upgrade pip
and install the Django library, you can use the following two commands, one after the other.
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
Here’s the code for copy&pasting:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
How to Install Django on Ubuntu?

Upgrade pip and install the Django library using the following two commands, one after the other:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
Here’s the code for copy&pasting:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip python3 -m pip install --upgrade django
How to Install Django in PyCharm?

The simplest way to install Django in PyCharm is to open the terminal tab and run the pip install django
command.
This is shown in the following code:
pip install django
Here’s a screenshot of the two steps:
- Open Terminal tab in Pycharm
- Run
pip install django
in the terminal to install Django in a virtual environment.

As an alternative, you can also search for Django in the package manager.
However, this is usually an inferior way to install packages because it involves more steps.
How to Install Django in Anaconda?

You can install the Django package with Conda using the command conda install -c anaconda django
in your shell or terminal.
Like so:
conda install -c anaconda django
This assumes you’ve already installed conda
on your computer. If you haven’t check out the installation steps on the official page.
How to Install Django in VSCode?
You can install Django in VSCode by using the same command pip install django
in your Visual Studio Code shell or terminal.
pip install django
If this doesn’t work — it may raise a No module named 'django'
error — chances are that you’ve installed it for the wrong Python version on your system.
To check which version your VS Code environment uses, run these two commands in your Python program to check the version that executes it:
import sys print(sys.executable)
The output will be the path to the Python installation that runs the code in VS Code.
Now, you can use this path to install Django, particularly for that Python version:
/path/to/vscode/python -m pip install django
Wait until the installation is complete and run your code using django
again. It should work now!
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