Python 2.6 Django MYSQLDB error

Question

Getting started with Django 1.3.1 and Upon running

python manage.py syncdb

with Python 2.6. I keep getting an error loading mysqldb module: No module named mysqldb message. I have tried doing sudo yum install python-mysql and sudo yum install python-mysqldb

on a CentOS 5 system but I get a "no package found" message and the error persists in django.

What's the fix for this? I would like to keep the Python version as 2.6 to preserve other dependencies so reinstalling 2.5 or something is out of the question.

Thanks!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '11 at 19:29

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There's no point using the system packaging tools if you're using a different Python version to the one provided by the system. You'll have to use the Python packaging tools instead - eg easy_install mysqldb.

answered Jun 22 '11 at 19:29

Daniel Roseman

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easy_install doesn't work...but marked as answer because of caveat about using system packaging tools. – algorithmicCoder Jun 22 '11 at 20:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

If you are just getting started with Django you should really take a look at virtualenv and pip.

This article gives a good overview: http://www.clemesha.org/blog/modern-python-hacker-tools-virtualenv-fabric-pip

You can even specify the python version for your virtual python environments.

And last but not least a good guide on how to get mysql running with virtualenv: http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2010/02/install-mysqldb-virtualenv-ubuntu-karmic/

Python 2.6 Django MYSQLDB error

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