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I am trying to run the python shell through the Django manage.py file like so: $ python manage.py shell --plain

I keep running into this ValueError: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/djangoproj/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 353, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/djangoproj/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 345, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/djangoproj/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 348, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/djangoproj/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 399, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/djangoproj/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/shell.py", line 77, in handle
    import readline
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readline.py", line 6, in <module>
    from pyreadline.rlmain import Readline
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyreadline/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from . import logger, clipboard, lineeditor, modes, console
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyreadline/clipboard/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from .win32_clipboard import GetClipboardText, SetClipboardText
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyreadline/clipboard/win32_clipboard.py", line 37, in <module>
    import ctypes.wintypes as wintypes
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ctypes/wintypes.py", line 23, in <module>
    class VARIANT_BOOL(_SimpleCData):
ValueError: _type_ 'v' not supported

I am on a mac and see that it is trying to call windows packages, but I am not sure how to configure Django to fix this.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Edit - The problem may be stemming from the readlines.py file. When trying to import it on it's own, I get: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/Django/djangotest/mysite/test.py", line 1, in <module>
    import readline
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/Django/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/readline.so, 2): no suitable image found.  Did find:
/Users/donnyknight/Desktop/Django/djangoenv/lib/python2.7/readline.so: file too short

Edit #2 - It seems like its a problem with virtualenv. Running this command outside of the virtualenv works fine.

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  • Related: stackoverflow.com/questions/32608232/… Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 20:42
  • @ShangWang: alright i'll give that a go if it seems to be the only solution. Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 20:56
  • Related, stackoverflow.com/questions/33645471/… Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 20:58
  • @SaeX: I saw that before, it doesn't really provide a solution, though. Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 20:59
  • @ShangWang: No dice, tried a different python version and am having the same problem. Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 21:40
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