[Python] Unable to run Python Django Oscar sandbox website on Windows

I wanted to learn how to use Django and Oscar to create an e-commerce website. I was initially trying to follow some tutorials but almost all of them use some old version.

Finally, I tried to follow the official documentation. The only problem is that the instructions on the website seem to be for Linux. (https://django-oscar.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.2/internals/sandbox.html).

Here are my commands I wrote in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/django-oscar/django-oscar.git
cd django-oscar
virtualenv oscar
oscar\Scripts\Activate


These commands seem to have created all the folders. However,

make sandbox
sandbox/manage.py runserver


throws an error about the make not being recognized. I installed MinGW on my Windows but this did not seem to make any difference.

If I try to run the manage.py runserver command directly.

cd sandbox
manage.py runserver


I get the following error:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'


How can I get the sample Django Oscar project to run?

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