Error: That IP address can't be assigned-to in Django?

Question

I am running Debian 6 stable and I am trying to run Django locally using ./manage.py runserver command. This is what I get:

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Answer 1

You are missing two lines of code in network configuration file. Edit the file as a root user with any text editor:

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

Add these two lines:

    auto lo

    iface lo inet loopback

Restart the network using the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Now, the localserver will work fine.