Installing MySQL-python
Question:
I got the below failure while trying to get MySQL-python installed on my Ubuntu/Linux Box.From the below it seem like the issue is sh: mysql_config: not found
Could someone advice me on what to do?
rmicro@ubuntu:~$ 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/rmicro/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/rmicro/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
Answers:
Reread the error message. It says:
sh: mysql_config: not found
If you are on Ubuntu Natty, mysql_config belongs to package libmysqlclient-dev
On Ubuntu it is advised to use the distributions repository. So installing python-mysqldb should be straight forward:
sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
If you actually want to use pip to install, which is as mentioned before not the suggested path but possible, please have a look at this previously asked question and answer: pip install mysql-python fails with EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
Here is a very comprehensive guide by the developer: http://mysql-python.blogspot.no/2012/11/is-mysqldb-hard-to-install.html
To get all the prerequisites for python-mysqld to install it using pip (which you will want to do if you are using virtualenv), run this:
sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
-
find the folder: sudo find / -name "mysql_config" (assume it’s "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin")
-
add it into PATH:export PATH:export PATH=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin:$PATH
-
install it again
You have 2 options, as described bellow:
Distribution package like Glaslos suggested:
# sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
In this case you can’t use virtualenv no-site-packages (default option)
but must use:
# virtualenv --system-site-packages myenv
Use clean virtualenv and build your own python-mysql package.
First create virtualenv:
# virtualenv myvirtualenv
# source myvirtualenv/bin/activate
Then install build dependencies:
# sudo apt-get build-dep python-mysqldb
Now you can install python-mysql
# pip install mysql-python
NOTE Ubuntu package is python-mysql*db* , python pypi package is python-mysql (without db)
yum install mysql-devel
It worked for me.
Python or Python3 with MySQL, you will need these. These libraries use MySQL’s connector for C and Python (you need the C libraries installed as well), which overcome some of the limitations of the mysqldb libraries.
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install python-mysql.connector
sudo apt-get install python3-mysql.connector
this worked for me on python 3
pip install mysqlclient
In python3 with virtualenv on a Ubuntu Bionic machine the following commands worked for me:
sudo apt install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
pip install mysqlclient
I got the below failure while trying to get MySQL-python installed on my Ubuntu/Linux Box.From the below it seem like the issue is sh: mysql_config: not found
Could someone advice me on what to do?
rmicro@ubuntu:~$ 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/rmicro/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/rmicro/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
Reread the error message. It says:
sh: mysql_config: not found
If you are on Ubuntu Natty, mysql_config belongs to package libmysqlclient-dev
On Ubuntu it is advised to use the distributions repository. So installing python-mysqldb should be straight forward:
sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
If you actually want to use pip to install, which is as mentioned before not the suggested path but possible, please have a look at this previously asked question and answer: pip install mysql-python fails with EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
Here is a very comprehensive guide by the developer: http://mysql-python.blogspot.no/2012/11/is-mysqldb-hard-to-install.html
To get all the prerequisites for python-mysqld to install it using pip (which you will want to do if you are using virtualenv), run this:
sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
-
find the folder:
sudo find / -name "mysql_config"(assume it’s"/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin") -
add it into PATH:
export PATH:export PATH=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin:$PATH -
install it again
You have 2 options, as described bellow:
Distribution package like Glaslos suggested:
# sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
In this case you can’t use virtualenv no-site-packages (default option)
but must use:
# virtualenv --system-site-packages myenv
Use clean virtualenv and build your own python-mysql package.
First create virtualenv:
# virtualenv myvirtualenv
# source myvirtualenv/bin/activate
Then install build dependencies:
# sudo apt-get build-dep python-mysqldb
Now you can install python-mysql
# pip install mysql-python
NOTE Ubuntu package is python-mysql*db* , python pypi package is python-mysql (without db)
yum install mysql-devel
It worked for me.
Python or Python3 with MySQL, you will need these. These libraries use MySQL’s connector for C and Python (you need the C libraries installed as well), which overcome some of the limitations of the mysqldb libraries.
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install python-mysql.connector
sudo apt-get install python3-mysql.connector
this worked for me on python 3
pip install mysqlclient
In python3 with virtualenv on a Ubuntu Bionic machine the following commands worked for me:
sudo apt install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
pip install mysqlclient