> You are right the files are in > /usr/share/python-django-common/django/conf/project_template but > django-admin startproject does not get them, it seems to be searching > them in > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/project_template
I can't reproduce that unfortunately. This is in a clean sid chroot: % sudo apt-get install -y python-django Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: python-django-common Suggested packages: python-psycopg2 python-mysqldb python-flup python-sqlite python-memcache python-pil python-bcrypt python-yaml geoip-database-extra | geoip-database-contrib python-django-doc ipython bpython libgdal1 Recommended packages: libjs-jquery python-sqlparse python-tz The following NEW packages will be installed: python-django python-django-common 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2341 kB of archives. After this operation, 25.0 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 python-django-common all 1.9-1 [1454 kB] Get:2 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 python-django all 1.9-1 [887 kB] Fetched 2341 kB in 0s (5671 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously unselected package python-django-common. (Reading database ... 20464 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python-django-common_1.9-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python-django-common (1.9-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package python-django. Preparing to unpack .../python-django_1.9-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python-django (1.9-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up python-django-common (1.9-1) ... Setting up python-django (1.9-1) ... % django-admin startproject foobar % find . ./foobar ./foobar/foobar ./foobar/foobar/__init__.py ./foobar/foobar/urls.py ./foobar/foobar/wsgi.py ./foobar/foobar/settings.py ./foobar/manage.py Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-