Upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 now MySQL-python dependencies are broken

Question

I just upgraded my Ubuntu install to 16.04 and this seems to have broken my mysql dependencies in the MySQL-python package.

Here is my error message:

Answer 1

My problem was that I was using wheelhouse from old OS.

The problem was solved when I uninstalled/installed the package or updated wheelhouse...

From docs:

http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#importerror

This means you have a version of MySQLdb compiled against one version of MySQL, and are now trying to run it against a different version. The shared library version tends to change between major releases.

Solution: Rebuilt MySQLdb, or get the matching version of MySQL.

Answer 2

Steps:

1. search mysql path

   which mysql

   O/p : /opt/mysql/

2. create Symbolic Links to usr/lib

   sudo ln -s /opt/mysql/lib/mysqlclient.so.20 /usr/lib

Note: mysqlclient.so.20 will be as per your version