How to install MySQLdb on Mountain Lion

Question

I\'m new to Python and I\'m having trouble building MySQLdb, in an attempt to get Google AppEngine SDK running. I have just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and h

Answer 1

If someone is interested in a quick and easy way for Mac OS X 10.8:

I assume you have XCode, it's command line tool, Python and MySQL installed.

1. Install PIP:

   sudo easy_install pip
   

2. Edit ~/.profile:

   nano ~/.profile
   

   Copy and paste the following two line

   export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
   export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/mysql/lib/
   

   Save and exit. Afterwords execute the following command

   source  ~/.profile
   

3. Install MySQLdb

   sudo pip install MySQL-python
   

   To test if everything works fine just try

   python -c "import MySQLdb"
   

It worked like a charm for me. I hope it helps.