django-admin command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix django-admin command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

django-admin: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: django-admin: command not found

Solutions to django-admin: command not found

How To Fix django-admin: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu django-admin is provided by python3-django package.

python3-django is:

Django is a high-level web application framework that loosely follows the model-view-controller design pattern.

Python’s equivalent to Ruby on Rails, Django lets you build complex data-driven websites quickly and easily - Django focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the “Don’t Repeat Yourself” (DRY) principle.

Django additionally emphasizes reusability and “pluggability” of components; many generic third-party “applications” are available to enhance projects or to simply to reduce development time even further.

Notable features include:

An object-relational mapper (ORM)
Automatic admin interface
Elegant URL dispatcher
Form serialization and validation system
Templating system
Lightweight, standalone web server for development and testing
Internationalization support
Testing framework and client

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install python3-django

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install python3-django.

sudo apt -y install python3-django

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install python3-django

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix django-admin command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.