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So I downloaded Python 32 bits 1st, then I did python -m pip install mysqlclient.

I needed Visual C++ 2015, but I had them cuz my text editors is VSCode. I uninstalled VSCode, installed Visual Studio Build Tools, and I am getting this errors whenever I do python -m pip install mysqlclient.One, cl.exe wasnt added to my path, so I did, but it still says 

 error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

so I downloaded the wheel package for windows, as some other stackoverflow answer said. Whenever I run it, I get

I tried downloading Python 64 bits downloading the wheels, adding cl.exe to path.

Collecting mysqlclient
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4d/38/c5f8bac9c50f3042c8f05615f84206f77f03db79781db841898fde1bb284/mysqlclient-1.4.4.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: mysqlclient
  Building wheel for mysqlclient (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-o3ba369p' --python-tag cp37
       cwd: C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\mysqlclient\
  Complete output (30 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\compat.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  running build_ext
  building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Dversion_info=(1,4,4,'final',0) -D__version__=1.4.4 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.1\include\mariadb" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" /TcMySQLdb/_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb/_mysql.obj /Zl /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
  _mysql.c
  MySQLdb/_mysql.c(29): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
  error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for mysqlclient
  Running setup.py clean for mysqlclient
Failed to build mysqlclient
Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
  Running setup.py install for mysqlclient ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-nk0ejlkz\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
         cwd: C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\mysqlclient\
    Complete output (30 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\compat.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    running build_ext
    building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Dversion_info=(1,4,4,'final',0) -D__version__=1.4.4 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.1\include\mariadb" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" /TcMySQLdb/_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb/_mysql.obj /Zl /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
    _mysql.c
    MySQLdb/_mysql.c(29): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
    error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-nk0ejlkz\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.

It should just work and the package mysqlclient just be installed using pip so I can use it with django.

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There isn't an official wheel for the current release 1.4.4, and you are getting errors when you try to install from source.

Since you use 64-bit Python on Windows, you could install 1.4.2.post1, because there is an official wheel for that version.

python -m pip install mysqlclient==1.4.2.post1

Or, you could download an unofficial wheel from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysqlclient, which has wheels for the latest release for 32-bit and 64-bit Python on Windows. Unless you have a particular reason to use 32-bit Python, I suggest you use 64-bit.

For example, you could download mysqlclient‑1.4.4‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl (Python 3.7 64-bit for Windows) then do:

python -m pip install mysqlclient‑1.4.4‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl
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OH.MY.GOD.Thank you.It took me 6 hours and nobody told me, it ran instantly.Thank you.Now I can finally run databases.
Additionally, DO NOT RUN "pip install ~" WITH VIRTUALENV. with virtualenv, I got errors for a hour. However, global installation succeed clearly.
@JayLim I’m not sure why you had problems with the virtual env. Perhaps using python -m pip install would have worked. In general, it’s a good practice to use a virtual env, so I wouldn’t advise installing packages globally.
I just discovered that this link is now broken. I have relied on it for years. Any idea what happened and if it is hosted elsewhere now?
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I had a similar situation, and i did this:

sudo apt-get install python3-dev libmysqlclient-dev

afterward, inside a virtual environment:

pip3 install mysqlclient

and that was because, i had another problem with the instalation of:

pip3 install flask-mysqldb
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Apt installing libmysqlclient-dev fixed my issue! Thanks
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You can use pymysql instead of mysqlclient

Install pymysql

pip install pymysql

Modify your init.py file

import pymysql

pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

You can start your project

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in the top of settings.py import pymysql and then pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
@AliAref, if you're using this import in settings.py that will be counted after init.py. The reason to use this import in init.py is that the init.py file works as a constructor in the relative module.
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For People using macOS,

$ brew install mysql pkg-config
$ pip install mysqlclient
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For people using Linux $ sudo apt install mysql pkg-config
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FWIW: I also faced this problem on a macOS, with the error:

ld: library not found for -lssl
    clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
    error: command 'xcrun' failed with exit status 1

A solution (borrowed from this related post) that worked for me was to fix the brew-installed openssl linking:

export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
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This solution worked for me on AWS Ubuntu instance

[for Mac Linux]: $ sudo apt install mysql pkg-config build-essential python3-dev libmysqlclient-dev

[for Mac users]: brew install mysql pkg-config

$ pip3 install mysqlclient

if you encountered with ConfigParser NoModuleError then only install below:

$ pip install configparser

$ sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.10/configparser.py /usr/lib/python3.10/ConfigParser.py

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