PIP Install Django – A Helpful Illustrated Guide

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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!

💡 If you have only one version of Python installed:
pip install django

💡 If you have Python 3 (and, possibly, other versions) installed:
pip3 install django

💡 If you don't have PIP or it doesn't work
python -m pip install django
python3 -m pip install django

💡 If you have Linux and you need to fix permissions (any one):
sudo pip3 install django
pip3 install django --user

💡 If you have Linux with apt
sudo apt install django

💡 If you have Windows and you have set up the py alias
py -m pip install django

💡 If you have Anaconda
conda install -c anaconda django

💡 If you have Jupyter Notebook
!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:

  1. Open Terminal tab in Pycharm
  2. 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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