I am developing an app using Django 4 and have set up a virtual environment using venv. The problem is that I cannot get the MySQL client package installed using pip to allow my Django app to connect to an existing MariaDB hosted on the same server.
I am using Fedora 37, Python 3.11.1 .
Every time I try to install mysqlclient via pip within my virtual environment I the below error:
(venv) $ pip install mysqlclient Collecting mysqlclient Using cached mysqlclient-2.1.1.tar.gz (88 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [18 lines of output] /bin/sh: line 1: mysql_config: command not found /bin/sh: line 1: mariadb_config: command not found /bin/sh: line 1: mysql_config: command not found Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 2, in File "", line 34, in File "/tmp/pip-install-fuegkdx1/mysqlclient_d3182534a7ce4d10ae4bceac47107c54/setup.py", line 15, in metadata, options = get_config() ^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/tmp/pip-install-fuegkdx1/mysqlclient_d3182534a7ce4d10ae4bceac47107c54/setup_posix.py", line 70, in get_config libs = mysql_config("libs") ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/tmp/pip-install-fuegkdx1/mysqlclient_d3182534a7ce4d10ae4bceac47107c54/setup_posix.py", line 31, in mysql_config raise OSError("{} not found".format(_mysql_config_path)) OSError: mysql_config not found mysql_config --version mariadb_config --version mysql_config --libs [end of output] note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. error: metadata-generation-failed
× Encountered error while generating package metadata. ╰─> See above for output.
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip. hint: See above for details.
