I installed the registration module, added it to settings.py. When I tried to run syncdb (% python sitename/manage.py syncdb --settings sitename.devsettings)
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Since this page ranks nicely in Google, it seems like a good place for a general answer that might help. Sometimes the folder name in svn/git is different than the folder name in settings.py -- a trap for the unwary.
So, if INSTALLED_APPS references your stuff as mywhatever.someapp then it is likely you want settings.py to be in the "mywhatever" folder, with a subfolder "someapp" that contains an __init__.py file.