pip install mysql-python fails with EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found

mysql-python, pip, python

Solution

It seems mysql_config is missing on your system or the installer could not find it. Be sure mysql_config is really installed.

For example on Debian/Ubuntu you must install the package:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

Maybe the mysql_config is not in your path, it will be the case when you compile by yourself the mysql suite.

Update: For recent versions of debian/ubuntu (as of 2018) it is

sudo apt install default-libmysqlclient-dev

Problem

This is the error I get ``` (mysite)zjm1126@zjm1126-G41MT-S2:~/zjm_test/mysite$ pip install mysql-python Downloading/unpacking mysql-python Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz (70Kb): 70Kb downloaded 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/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/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/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/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/zjm1126/.pip/pip.log (mysite)zjm1126@zjm1126-G41MT-S2:~/zjm_test/mysite$ 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/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/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/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/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/zjm1126/.pip/pip.log ``` What can I do to resolve this?

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