django-admin startproject my_site problem in vscode - django

Question

when i am typing command in cmd django-admin startproject my_site it is giving this error please help me universe. I tried everything from installing all to uninstalling all and it is not working and hinderancing my progress to become a web developer.
when i am typing command in cmd django-admin startproject my_site it is giving this error please help me universe. I tried everything from installing all to uninstalling all and it is not working and hinderancing my progress to become a web developer.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\utils\timezone.py", line 10, in <module>
import zoneinfo
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'zoneinfo'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Users\CHAYAN\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39-32\Scripts\django-admin.exe\__main__.py", line 9, in <module>
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 446, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 440, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 279, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 48, in load_command_class
module = import_module("%s.management.commands.%s" % (app_name, name))
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1021, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 998, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 977, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 789, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\startproject.py", line 2, in <module>
from django.core.management.templates import TemplateCommand
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\templates.py", line 16, in <module>
from django.template import Context, Engine
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\template\__init__.py", line 44, in <module>
from .engine import Engine
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\template\engine.py", line
7, in <module>
from .base import Template
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 59, in <module>
from django.utils.formats import localize
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\utils\formats.py", line 9, in <module>
from django.utils import dateformat, numberformat
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\utils\dateformat.py", line 26, in <module>
from django.utils.timezone import (
File "c:\users\chayan\appdata\local\programs\python\python39-32\lib\site-packages\django\utils\timezone.py", line 12, in <module>
from backports import zoneinfo
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'backports'

Answer 1

This is happening because you are not using a virtual environment. Use the following commands to install virtual env.
pip install virtualenv
then you have to create a virtual environment, you can do that by following the command here.
python -m virtualenv myEnv # ---> whatever name you want here
and then you have to activate the environment by following command:
myEnv\Scripts\activate
and to deactivate, simply use:
deactivate