MySQLdb for Python 2.7 (Ubuntu)

Question

After I installed MySQLdb by

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

I can import and use it when I use Python 2.6, but not 2.7. (ImportError: No module named MySQLdb)

I think that apt-get install MySQLdb in version 2.6, but I don't know how to make python 2.7 work with it. Please help me. Thanks a lot!

Oke · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-13 06:37:05Z

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If you want system-wide installation for python2.7 you should use easy_install-2.7. Install setuptools (or distribute) for python 2.7, then type:

easy_install-2.7 mysql-python

Update:

Or just

sudo apt-get install python2.7-mysqldb

Notice without adding sudo you'd not be able to make the changes.

edited Jan 13, 2014 at 6:37

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miku Over a year ago

pip is the successor to easy_install and a bit more modern.

Maksym Polshcha Over a year ago

@miku Personally I prefer distribute. It's better then pip for me.

Not_a_Golfer Over a year ago

AFAIK that requires having python2.7-dev and all the compiler stuff, plus libmysql, otherwise you won't be able to compile it. but I have installed this on both python 2.6 and 2.7 with apt-get only, trouble is I don't remember how, if anything was needed for it. IIRC installing python-mysqldb installed it for both python versions.

iForests Over a year ago

I can't install mysql-python by pip, here is the error message: dl.dropbox.com/u/17350105/error Please help... Thanks!

iForests Over a year ago

Thanks, @MaksymPolshcha, but I got "E: Couldn't find package python2.7-mysqldb"

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