Error installing mysql-python package
If you are trying to do
pip install mysql-python
and you end up with an error which is the following (or similar):
(env)goshawk@earth:~/Projects/bvisible$ pip install mysql-python
Downloading/unpacking mysql-python
Running setup.py egg_info for package mysql-python
sh: mysql_config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
File "/home/goshawk/Projects/bvisible/env/build/mysql-python/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
metadata, options = get_config()
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
sh: mysql_config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
File "/home/goshawk/Projects/bvisible/env/build/mysql-python/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
metadata, options = get_config()
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Storing complete log in /home/goshawk/.pip/pip.log
The solution to the problem is to install the libmysqlclient-dev package in this way:
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
You can now run pip install mysql-python without any further problem.
Very Good Thanks You.
Thank you so much for this useful information. I have also taken some help from this site : http://www.mysqlpython.com It has also helped me a lot in the installing process of Mysql-Python package.