cannot install. CommandError: 'xxx' conflicts with the name of an existing Python module and cannot be used as a project name. Please try another name.

[simonm3]

Followed exactly the instructions in the docs but when I get to "djangocms mysite" there is an error every time. Does not matter what I call the project. I am using python 3.7 on windows10

CommandError: 'xxx' conflicts with the name of an existing Python module and cannot be used as a project name. Please try another name.

This is probably a documentation error. Previous version uses "djangocms -p . mysite" which works. The current documentation just says "djangocms mysite" which fails.

[yakky]

@simonm3 thanks for following up here. Which djangocms-installer version are you using?

I will check on windows, but both versions djangocms mysite and djangocms -p . mysite` should work (and work on my setup). I need to check on windows in the next days as I don't have a windows box at hand.

Validation is pretty basic:

• project name must match this regexp https://github.com/nephila/djangocms-installer/blob/develop/djangocms_installer/config/internal.py#L13
• in must not be a keyword or a builtin (https://github.com/nephila/djangocms-installer/blob/develop/djangocms_installer/config/internal.py#L38, https://github.com/nephila/djangocms-installer/blob/develop/djangocms_installer/config/internal.py#L39)
• and import of the symbol must fail

I can provide a dev version which enable a more verbose logging in this section to debug which of the check fails

[simonm3]

1.2.0 I tried all kinds of names and there were not packages called those. Though when I did install using the -p option it looks nothing like the tutorial. The edit screen has no history, structure, content buttons nor toggle to hide toolbar. And when I added a 2nd content block the plugin + button does nothing. So looks like I am using a version that does not work?

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[yakky]

1.2.0 works according to my (and other users) test.
I'd better check what's the behavior on windows 10, but it will take me a couple of days to have a windows box at hand

[shiva-katepalli]

Hi yakky!!
Any resolution you identified on this issue, I am having same issue on windows 10 system.

[yakky]

Sorry, I currently don't have a windows box to test the behavior

I very happily welcome some help from people with a windows PC at hand who can test and debug this behavior

[boesee]

i had the exact same error following the getting started instructions on the django website. also, i'm a windows 10 user. after considering (http://docs.django-cms.org/en/latest/introduction/01-install.html) it worked like a charm. i saw a discrepancy between
(env) $ djangocms mysite
and
mkdir tutorial-project
cd tutorial-project
djangocms mysite

[yakky]

can't reproduce the issue

See below a test run on a fresh windows 10 box with Python 3.8.6 installed

Just make sure that the current directory where you launch the command is empty and everything should be fine

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.379]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\>mkdir site_base

C:\>cd site_base

C:\site_base>python -m venv env

C:\site_base>env\Scripts\activate

(env) C:\site_base>python  --version
Python 3.8.6

(env) C:\site_base>pip install djangocms-installer
Collecting djangocms-installer
  Downloading djangocms_installer-1.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (56 kB)
     |ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ| 56 kB 156 kB/s
Collecting tzlocal
  Downloading tzlocal-2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (16 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\site_base\env\lib\site-packages (from djangocms-installer) (20.2.1)
Collecting dj-database-url>=0.4
  Downloading dj_database_url-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (5.5 kB)
Collecting six
  Downloading six-1.15.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (10 kB)
Collecting pytz
  Downloading pytz-2020.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (509 kB)
     |ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ| 509 kB 7.7 kB/s
Installing collected packages: pytz, tzlocal, dj-database-url, six, djangocms-installer
Successfully installed dj-database-url-0.5.0 djangocms-installer-1.2.3 pytz-2020.4 six-1.15.0 tzlocal-2.1
WARNING: You are using pip version 20.2.1; however, version 20.2.4 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'c:\site_base\env\scripts\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

(env) C:\site_base>djangocms mysite
Creating the project
Please wait while I install dependencies
If I am stuck for a long time, please check for connectivity / PyPi issues
Dependencies installed
Creating the project
Operations to perform:
  Apply all migrations: admin, auth, bootstrap4_alerts, bootstrap4_badge, bootstrap4_card, bootstrap4_carousel, bootstrap4_collapse, bootstrap4_content, bootstrap4_grid, bootstrap4_jumbotron, bootstrap4_link, bootstrap4_listgroup, bootstrap4_media, bootstrap4_picture, bootstrap4_tabs, bootstrap4_utilities, cms, contenttypes, djangocms_file, djangocms_googlemap, djangocms_icon, djangocms_link, djangocms_picture, djangocms_snippet, djangocms_style, djangocms_text_ckeditor, djangocms_video, easy_thumbnails, filer, menus, sessions, sites
Running migrations:
  ... Migrations skipped for brevity ...
Creating admin user
All done!
Get into "C:\site_base\mysite" directory and type "python manage.py runserver" to start your project

(env) C:\site_base>

[boesee]

Hi there, can't reproduce it either when doing it your way. but i can reproduce it when i CD to \env\Scripts first (before running "activate"). i would create "mysite" in this path (c:\site_base\env\Scripts) and obviously there is a conflict while doing this.

[yakky]

@boesee thanks for your feedback
I will add a FAQ entry with the above log to clarify the usage

[boesee]

thx, I appreciate it

[JamesWanjohi]

Hello.

I cannot get past this error. Here is my workflow.
Using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Python = python 3.7.8

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install djangocms-installer
python3 -m venv folder
source folder/bin/activate
mkdir site
cd site
djangocms mysite

runtimeError: CommandError: 'mysite' conflicts with the name of an existing Python module and cannot be used as a project name. Please try another name.

[trustraptor]

I also had this error trying to install djangocms inside of the virtualenv folder or the vanilla django site folder. create and cd into new folder then run:

djangocms mysite

https://docs.django-cms.org/en/latest/introduction/01-install.html

[kcho]

I had the same error. I think it's because django.create_project creates the output directory before running the django-admin.py. Commenting out the line below and replacing it to pass solved the error for me.

djangocms-installer/djangocms_installer/django/__init__.py

Line 33 in 5f825c0

os.makedirs(config_data.project_directory)

[UdeshPiyumantha]

I had the same issue when working with wagtail cms. I got this error even there is no such a created app. This occurs when there is an app already that has the same name you need to create inside the site-packages directory.

Once you get this error, you need to check the following directory,

C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages

If there is a package with the name same you want to create then you need to remove that package. Also make sure to check that package is important or not before deleting.