Django webapp (on an Apache2 server) hangs indefintely when importing nltk in views.py

Question

To elaborate a little more from the title, I'm having issues importing nltk to use in a django web app. I've deployed the web app on an apache2 server. When I import nltk in views.py, the web page refuses to load and eventually times out after a few minutes of loading. I've installed nltk using pip. I've used pip to install a number of other python packages which I've been able to reference without issue within django.

I haven't been able to find anything solid to explain why this would be happening. Here's what I'm working with

• Server OS: Ubuntu 14.04
• Python: 2.7.6
• Django: 1.8.2
• Apache Webserver: 2.4.7

Like I said, I haven't been able to find any good reasons for this so please feel free to ask for any other information you need.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I am using the same web-stack as you and I had the exact same problem.

You need to set WSGIApplicationGroup to %{GLOBAL} in your site's Apache config file

WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}