django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb

Question

The problem Im facing while trying to connect to database for mysql. I have also given the database settings that i have used.

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Answer 1

try:

pip install mysqlclient

I recommend to use it in a virtual environment.

Answer 2

I wasted a lot of time on this. Turns out that the default database library is not supported for Python 3. You have to use a different one.

Answer 3

If you are using pyhton version 3.4 or above. you have to install

sudo apt-get install python3-dev libmysqlclient-dev 

in terminal. then install pip install mysqlclient on your virtual env or where you installed pip.

Answer 4

if the error looks like this

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module:
dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/_mysql.so, 2): Library not loaded: 
/usr/local/opt/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.20.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/_mysql.so

then try :

pip install python-mysqldb

Answer 5

Seems like you don't have permission to the Python folder. Try sudo chown -R $USER /Library/Python/2.7