Django: Mysql-python installation error

Question

When trying to install requirements.txt for Django I get the following error when trying to install Mysql-python

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 17, in <module>

  File "/home/abercrrl/.virtualenvs/django_at/build/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 7, in <module>

    use_setuptools()

  File "distribute_setup.py", line 145, in use_setuptools

    return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)

  File "distribute_setup.py", line 125, in _do_download

    _build_egg(egg, tarball, to_dir)

  File "distribute_setup.py", line 116, in _build_egg

    raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')

IOError: Could not build the egg.

----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /home/abercrrl/.virtualenvs/django_at/build/MySQL-python
Storing debug log for failure in /home/abercrrl/.pip/pip.log

Note that I have tried:

pip install --upgrade setuptools

Setuptools is already up-to-date

Edit:

I modified the following command to match my locations:

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

I did have to create the build and MySQL-python directories for this to work. The command ran fine, however now I am getting this now: https://gist.github.com/rlabercrombie/8725074

you should provide more information, and paste the file /home/abercrrl/.pip/pip.log. have you tried to manually do pip install MySQL-python? — caesarsol
– caesarsol, Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 23:58
@caesarsol the entire file is way too large to post here. Is there a good way to post large amounts of code? Manual pip install MySQL-python produces the same error — richard008
– richard008, Commented Jan 31, 2014 at 0:54
@richard008: the user matagus gave you what i think is the right answer. the next time paste the last lines of the log file, or paste it in gist.github.com or pastebin.com — caesarsol
– caesarsol, Commented Jan 31, 2014 at 1:02

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:28:24Z

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you must install mysql dev and all required libraries in order to mysql-python to be build: sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev python-mysqldb. See for details http://mysql-python.blogspot.no/2012/11/is-mysqldb-hard-to-install.html or https://stackoverflow.com/a/7461662/3219121

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:28

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3 Comments

richard008 Over a year ago

Quick question. mysql is currently installed on the server, will this overwrite any existing files?

matagus Over a year ago

no. it only installs python and compiler-related libs

richard008 Over a year ago

Thanks for the first link, helped a lot, I was missing the mysql dev libraries. Also, in case any fedora users come around, it was yum install mysql-devel

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