Python: How to install mysqldb on windows 7 x64?

Question

Im trying install Mysql-python on windows x64.

I installed python x64, setuptools (checked on the

Answer 1

EDIT: mysqlclient has binary packages for both 32bit and 64bit on PyPI. It's a fork of MySQL-python, which hasn't seen a release since 2014.

Original answer left for posterity:

You can find binary installers here (Python 2.6-3.2), here (2.7) or here (2.6). Note that you don't have to use 64bit Python on Windows x64. You can just as well use a 32bit build of Python, for which there are more pre-built 3rd party packages around.