How to install MySQLdb package? (ImportError: No module named setuptools)

Question

I am trying to install MySQLdb package. I found the source code here.

I did the following:

gunzip MySQL-python-1.2.3c1.tar.gz
tar xvf MySQL-python-1.         


        

Answer 1

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys
from **distutils.core** import setup, Extension

if sys.version_info < (2, 3):
    raise Error("Python-2.3 or newer is required")

if os.name == "posix":
    from setup_posix import get_config
else: # assume windows
    from setup_windows import get_config

metadata, options = get_config()
metadata['ext_modules'] = [Extension(sources=['_mysql.c'], **options)]
metadata['long_description'] = metadata['long_description'].replace(r'\n', '')
setup(**metadata)