No table south_migrationhistory - django

Question

I'm trying to use social-auth in django with a Mac Maverick.
This is my INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
# 'django.contrib.admindocs',
'social_auth',
'south',
)
When I run
python manage.py syncdb
I get this
Syncing...
Creating tables ...
Installing custom SQL ...
Installing indexes ...
Installed 0 object(s) from 0 fixture(s)
Synced:
> django.contrib.auth
> django.contrib.contenttypes
> django.contrib.sessions
> django.contrib.sites
> django.contrib.messages
> django.contrib.staticfiles
> django.contrib.admin
Not synced (use migrations):
- social_auth
- south
(use ./manage.py migrate to migrate these)
So, when I try to migrate social-auth with
python mange.py migrate social_auth
I get this error:
django.db.utils.OperationalError: no such table: south_migrationhistory
When I try
python manage.py migrate
I get this traceback
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 242, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 285, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/south/management/commands/migrate.py", line 111, in handle
ignore_ghosts = ignore_ghosts,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/south/migration/__init__.py", line 200, in migrate_app
applied_all = check_migration_histories(applied_all, delete_ghosts, ignore_ghosts)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/south/migration/__init__.py", line 79, in check_migration_histories
for h in histories:
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 96, in __iter__
self._fetch_all()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 854, in _fetch_all
self._result_cache = list(self.iterator())
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 220, in iterator
for row in compiler.results_iter():
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 710, in results_iter
for rows in self.execute_sql(MULTI):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 781, in execute_sql
cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/util.py", line 69, in execute
return super(CursorDebugWrapper, self).execute(sql, params)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/util.py", line 53, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 99, in __exit__
six.reraise(dj_exc_type, dj_exc_value, traceback)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/util.py", line 53, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 450, in execute
return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
django.db.utils.OperationalError: no such table: south_migrationhistory
What should I do?

Answer 1

in your lib/python2.7/site-packages/south check if you have a folder migrations. Delete them. That solves the problem.

Answer 2

I don't see a schemamigration command before your migrate. Try:
python manage.py schemamigration social_auth --initial
or
python manage.py schemamigration social_auth --auto
before running the migrate command.