django-registration "registery isn't ready yet" error

Question

I'm using Python 3.3, Django 1.6, and Django-registration 1.1

I installed django-registraiton using setup.py. I placed

     INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.sites',
     'registration',
     # ...other installed applications...
)
ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 7 

in settings.py where it should be

but when I run

python manage.py syncdb 

I get a runtime exception: App registry isn't ready yet

traceback:

...
File "...\registration\models.py, line 15, in <module>
    User = get_user_model()
File "...\django\contrib\auth\__init__.py", line 133, in get_user_model
    user_model = apps.get_model(app_label, model_name)
File "...\django\apps\registry.py", line 115, in check_ready
    raise RuntimeError("App registry isn't ready yet.")

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I looked at the code and saw this comment above the ready check

 Raises LookupError if no application exists with this label, or no
    model exists with this name in the application.

edit: After installing cygwin and trying to get it work on there I still get the same error. I'm going to try installing on my desktop and see what happens. Has anyone else even seen this before?

Answer 1

So I ended up installing with pip and it worked fine. I'm not sure why using setup.py was breaking