ArchiveBox incompatible with Django versions below v3: Invalid template library specified error

Describe the bug

Followed the install instructions on debian, and once I tried to run the server it works, but gives me a Django related template error when I try to hit the :8000 url:

“Invalid template library specified” No module named ‘django.contrib.admin.templatetags.base’

Steps to reproduce

1. Followed apt install steps for Debian
2. created empty folder
3. ran archivebox setup in it
4. created user and super user following tutorial
5. checked that all with fine with --version : no error reported
6. launched server: archivebox server myip:8000
7. Tried the myip:8000 in the browser and this is where I see the django error via SSH

ArchiveBox version

Cpython Linux Linux-4.19.0-16-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-10.9 x86_64
IN_DOCKER=False DEBUG=False IS_TTY=True TZ=UTC SEARCH_BACKEND_ENGINE=ripgrep

[i] Dependency versions:
 √  ARCHIVEBOX_BINARY     v0.6.2          valid     /usr/bin/archivebox                                                         
 √  PYTHON_BINARY         v3.7.3          valid     /usr/bin/python3.7                                                          
 √  DJANGO_BINARY         v2.0.10         valid     /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py           
 √  CURL_BINARY           v7.64.0         valid     /usr/bin/curl                                                               
 √  WGET_BINARY           v1.20.1         valid     /usr/bin/wget                                                               
 √  NODE_BINARY           v13.14.0        valid     /usr/bin/node                                                               
 √  SINGLEFILE_BINARY     v0.3.17         valid     ./node_modules/single-file/cli/single-file                                  
 √  READABILITY_BINARY    v0.0.2          valid     ./node_modules/readability-extractor/readability-extractor                  
 √  MERCURY_BINARY        v1.0.0          valid     ./node_modules/@postlight/mercury-parser/cli.js                             
 √  GIT_BINARY            v2.20.1         valid     /usr/bin/git                                                                
 √  YOUTUBEDL_BINARY      v2019.01.17     valid     /usr/bin/youtube-dl                                                         
 -  CHROME_BINARY         -               disabled                                                                              
 √  RIPGREP_BINARY        v0.10.0         valid     /usr/bin/rg                                                                 

[i] Source-code locations:
 √  PACKAGE_DIR           23 files        valid     /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/archivebox                                   
 √  TEMPLATES_DIR         3 files         valid     /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/archivebox/templates                         
 -  CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR  -               disabled                                                                              

[i] Secrets locations:
 -  CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR  -               disabled                                                                              
 -  COOKIES_FILE          -               disabled                                                                              

[i] Data locations:
 √  OUTPUT_DIR            6 files         valid     /home/<myuser>/archivebox                                                  
 √  SOURCES_DIR           0 files         valid     ./sources                                                                   
 √  LOGS_DIR              1 files         valid     ./logs                                                                      
 √  ARCHIVE_DIR           0 files         valid     ./archive                                                                   
 √  CONFIG_FILE           81.0 Bytes      valid     ./ArchiveBox.conf                                                           
 √  SQL_INDEX             204.0 KB        valid     ./index.sqlite3  

[ekianjo]

OK, after upgrading to Django 3.1.8 the problem is gone away - thanks!

[lgwapnitsky]

good catch. i missed that

Larry G. Wapnitsky

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 5:07 PM Nick Sweeting @.***> wrote:

You django version is waaaay too old. I don’t know where you installed it from, but you need at least Django version 3, if not 3.1.

pip3 install django==3.1.8.

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