Installing MySQL-python

Question

I got the below failure while trying to get MySQL-python installed on my Ubuntu/Linux Box.From the below it seem like the issue is sh: mysql_config: not found C

Answer 1

this worked for me on python 3

pip install mysqlclient

Answer 2

On Ubuntu it is advised to use the distributions repository. So installing python-mysqldb should be straight forward:

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

If you actually want to use pip to install, which is as mentioned before not the suggested path but possible, please have a look at this previously asked question and answer: pip install mysql-python fails with EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found

Here is a very comprehensive guide by the developer: http://mysql-python.blogspot.no/2012/11/is-mysqldb-hard-to-install.html

To get all the prerequisites for python-mysqld to install it using pip (which you will want to do if you are using virtualenv), run this:

sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev

Answer 3

1. find the folder: sudo find / -name "mysql_config" (assume it's "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin")

2. add it into PATH:export PATH:export PATH=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin:$PATH

3. install it again

Answer 4

Reread the error message. It says:

sh: mysql_config: not found

If you are on Ubuntu Natty, mysql_config belongs to package libmysqlclient-dev

Answer 5

In python3 with virtualenv on a Ubuntu Bionic machine the following commands worked for me:

sudo apt install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
pip install mysqlclient

Answer 6

You have 2 options, as described bellow:

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Distribution package like Glaslos suggested:

# sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

In this case you can't use virtualenv no-site-packages (default option) but must use:

# virtualenv --system-site-packages myenv

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Use clean virtualenv and build your own python-mysql package.

First create virtualenv:

# virtualenv myvirtualenv
# source myvirtualenv/bin/activate

Then install build dependencies:

# sudo apt-get build-dep python-mysqldb

Now you can install python-mysql

# pip install mysql-python

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NOTE Ubuntu package is python-mysql*db* , python pypi package is python-mysql (without db)