whats does assert _sre.MAGIC == MAGIC, SRE module mismatch AssertionError: SRE module mismatch error mean?

Question

Hello I´m trying to run a python manage.py runserver command but getting this error message

File \"C:\\Users\\adrie\\Anaconda3\\lib\\sre_

Answer 1

You need reinstall IDLE or anaconda

Answer 2

Make sure your installed python version matches exactly the version anaconda uses. If not get another python version. On Windows you can see the anaconda python version in control center -> uninstall programm -> Name of Anaconda. Also make sure there are no older python version installed (that still might have environmental variables that point to them).

Answer 3

Make sure you do not have any mismatch between Python interpreter version used (like 3.7) and the 're' python module (like 3.6.1).

Answer 4

My PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH environment variables were pointing to the wrong version. By fixing this import sre_compile was fixed.

Answer 5

You can switch your Python version of Anaconda. There should be no need to uninstall Anaconda.

Check for available Python versions:

conda search python

Choose your preferred Python version:

conda install python=3.7.5