Installing MySQL Python on Mac OS X

Question

Long story short, when I write the following:

sudo easy_install MySQL-python

I get the error

EnvironmentError: mysql

Answer 1

Install mysql via homebrew, then you can install mysql python via pip.

pip install MySQL-python

It works for me.

Answer 2

I am using OSX -v 10.10.4. The solution above is a quick & easy.

Happening OSX does not have the connection library by default.

First you should install the connector:

brew install mysql-connector-c

Then install with pip mysql

pip install mysql-python

Answer 3

The issue you are having is that the gcc compiler is not installed on your Mac. It will be installed if you have installed XCode. You will have to download gcc complier and install it manually. Follow the below link and download it -

https://github.com/downloads/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/GCC-10.7-v2.pkg

I once had this problem installing Ruby 1.9 and I had to compile ruby for myself because Mountain Lion wasn't supported at that time. After installing the package, verify the install by the command gcc.

Answer 4

For Python 3+ the mysql-python library is broken. Instead, use the mysqlclient library. Install with: pip install mysqlclient

It is a fork of mysql-python (also known as MySQLdb) that supports Python 3+

This library talks to the MySQL client's C-interface, and is faster than the pure-python pymysql libray.

Note: you will need the mysql-developer tools installed. An easy way to do this on a Mac is to run

brew install mysql-connector-c

to delegate this task to homebrew. If you are on linux, you can install these via the instructions at the mysqlclient github page.

Answer 5

I am using Python 2.7.11 :: Anaconda 2.3.0 (x86_64) on Mac OS X 10.11.4 15E65.

You may want to follow the steps below:

• Install homebrew
• Open a terminal and run: brew install mysql-connector-c
• pip install mysql-python

Then the Anaconda will have the mysql-python installed and you can start with MySQLdb then.

Good luck. Thanks.

Answer 6

What worked for me is:

LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib pip install mysql-python