MySQL-Python install - Could not build the egg

Question

I'm trying to setup python mysql. I'm working through the following tutorial:

http://anthonyscherba.com/site/blog/django-mysql-install-mac

I'm all good until set 5. When I run

$ python setup.py clean

and I get in return

 /Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "setup.py", line 7, in <module>
    use_setuptools()
  File "/Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute_setup.py", line 145, in use_setuptools
    return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)
  File "/Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute_setup.py", line 125, in _do_download
    _build_egg(egg, tarball, to_dir)
  File "/Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute_setup.py", line 116, in _build_egg
    raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')
IOError: Could not build the egg.

You should explicitly state that you're on a Mac, and perhaps indicate which specific point-release. — mkoistinen
– mkoistinen, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 22:56
I searched for 'install python-mysql on mac os x' it produced a number of useful resources including: markomedia.com.au/installing-python-mysqldb-on-os-x I've had luck with version 1.2.4 (not b4) — mkoistinen
– mkoistinen, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 22:58
No luck, I tried starting over and doing it through his strategy and I arrived at the same error. I am running mac OS X 10.8.4 and MySQL-python-1.2.4b4 — IdeoREX
– IdeoREX, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 23:12

Mark Shust at M.academy · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-17 15:54:53Z

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Nothing helped for me. I had to update MySQL-python to 1.2.5, and that resolved the issue.

MySQL-python==1.2.5

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 15:54

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pigletfly Over a year ago

it's wierd,I have the same issue.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:30:02Z

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I've had success following these tips:

First try installing with pip:

pip install mysql-python

Then: (From here: Django Error: vertualenv EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found)

echo "mysql_config = /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config" >> ~/.virtualenvs/ENV_NAME/build/MySQL-python/site.cfg

Then, (from here: cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-Wno-null-conversion" within installing python-mysql on mac 10.7.5)

"Try to Remove cflags -Wno-null-conversion -Wno-unused-private-field [from] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config."

then, simply install again: pip install mysql-python

Then (from here: Python mysqldb: Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.18.dylib)

sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib

Then it should work!

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:30

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answered Jul 19, 2013 at 22:14

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John C Over a year ago

How can you run pip the second time? When I do, I get the error pip can't proceed with requirement 'mysql-python' due to a pre-existing build directory... I have to delete the directory from the previous run (which of course removes the site.cfg file).

mkoistinen Over a year ago

Beats me, never had that issue. Sorry.

qingfeng · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-28 09:01:50Z

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Please use this version fixes this problem.

https://github.com/qingfeng/MySQLdb1/tree/MySQL-python-1.2.4

answered Feb 28, 2014 at 9:01

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tufla · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-09 22:53:15Z

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I just had this issue...my requirements.txt file looks as bellow:

Django==1.6
MySQL-python==1.2.4
South==0.8.4
...
distribute==0.6.31

What worked for me was:

Comment the line for MySQL-python
Execute the "pip install -r requirements.txt"
Uncomment again MySQL-python
Run again the pip install.

So, I think that the issue is some kind of dependency with the "distribute" version installed (OR to be installed in my case).

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Ryan Currah Over a year ago

Just had this issue and your resolution worked for me aswell. This was for mysql-python 1.2.5 on SLES.

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