installing mysqlclient with python3

Question

I want to install mysqlclient and using it with python3 so just type in command line:

$ sudo -H pip3 install mysqlclient
Requirement already satisfied: mysqlclient in /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages

and then

$ python3
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 17 2016, 17:05:23) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysqlclient
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'mysqlclient'

What is wrong here?

Note: libmysqlclient-dev it's already installed with most recent version (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)

Linostar · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-01 11:36:44Z

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Try: import MySQLdb

mysqlclient is actually a port for mysqldb to Python 3.x. They changed the name of the lib so it won't conflict with the original one.

answered Jul 1, 2017 at 11:36

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