How to install MySQL-python by pip?

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venv/bin/pip install MySQL-python
Collecting MySQL-python
  Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip (108kB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 112kB 1.2MB/s
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/1j/pb3h7_hn4490px72_f8mntd00000gn/T/pip-build-o66zhy67/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 13, in <module>
        from setup_posix import get_config
      File "/private/var/folders/1j/pb3h7_hn4490px72_f8mntd00000gn/T/pip-build-o66zhy67/MySQL-python/setup_posix.py", line 2, in <module>
        from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
    ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/1j/pb3h7_hn4490px72_f8mntd00000gn/T/pip-build-o66zhy67/MySQL-python/

I am trying to install MySQL-python by pip but it threw above error. Can anyone help?

I have checked this page How to install Python MySQLdb module using pip? but it doesn't really help.

It's python3.5 in my virtualenv folder.

By your comment "It's python3.5 in my virtualenv folder" am I to assume you are doing this on some virtual box? What OS are you using? Doing a Google search for "python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1" revealed this SO question — Paul Stoner
– Paul Stoner, Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 17:08
I am not doing this on virtual box. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments — Haifeng Zhang
– Haifeng Zhang, Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 17:11

Nimantha · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-02 15:03:14Z

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I've been working on your setup and duplicated the result. Further research indicates that MySQL-python is only for Python 2.x. One recommendation I found is to use mysqlclient, but when I installed it I received the same error.

However, I am on a Windows 10 dev box using Visual Studio 2015 and I see an error regarding a file "my_config.h" is missing. Not certain if this is just my box or what.

I did find that installing PyMySql did seem to work, from an installation view point. I simply did pip install pymysql inside my virtual env. I found this solution here

edited Dec 2, 2021 at 15:03

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answered Nov 9, 2016 at 18:02

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Haifeng Zhang Over a year ago

thank you Paul. i searched the same result as you posted. MySQL-python is not valid for python3.x. pip install mysqlclient works for me.

user3763076 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-19 14:19:52Z

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brew install mysql

After installation is complete, mysql path will be shown at the last. Use it in command

sudo PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/bin/:$PATH pip install mysql-python

answered Nov 19, 2017 at 14:19

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Geeky I Over a year ago

This is specific to macOS, and needs more clarification. Also, why would a venv install by default require sudo rights?

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