django.db.utils.OperationalError: unable to open database file

Question

When I run

python manage.py runserver

I get this error

File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.10.1-py2.7.egg/django

Answer 1

TO ANY WINDOWS USERS:

I got the same error while creating my first django project. I couldn't use sudo on windows, so the command python manage.py runserver only worked when I ran my terminal as administrator.

Answer 2

Just remove the first db in your settings.py file.

You have os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db/db.sqlite3') if you remove the first db, you'll have os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')

Your database settings will be

DATABASES = {
    'default': dj_database_url.config(
        default="sqlite:///{}".format(
            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')
        )
    )
}