Python MySQLdb not importing

Question

I have installed mysql server using

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server

then I installed python-mysqldb using

$ sudo apt-ge         


        

Answer 1

"mysql-python" currently does not support python3. There are currently a few options for using Python 3 with mysql. I installed mysqlclient and can import MySQLdb successfully.

$ pip install mysqlclient

$ python
Python 3.6.9 (default, Nov  7 2019, 10:44:02) 
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import MySQLdb
>>> 

Details refer to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25724855/966660