Modulenotfounderror: no module named mysqldb

I am using Python version 2.5.4 and install MySQL version 5.0 and Django. Django is working fine with Python, but not MySQL. I am using it in Windows Vista.

Cœur

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asked Jan 18, 2009 at 9:13

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You need to use one of the following commands. Which one depends on what OS and software you have and use.

1. easy_install mysql-python (mix os)
2. pip install mysql-python (mix os/ python 2)
3. pip install mysqlclient (mix os/ python 3)
4. apt-get install python-mysqldb (Linux Ubuntu, ...)
5. cd /usr/ports/databases/py-MySQLdb && make install clean (FreeBSD)
6. yum install MySQL-python (Linux Fedora, CentOS ...)

For Windows, see this answer: Install mysql-python (Windows)

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answered May 3, 2011 at 17:23

derevoderevo

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...and remember there is no MySQLdb for python3.x

(I know the question is about python2.x but google rates this post quite high)

EDIT: As stated in the comments, there's a MySQLdb's fork that adds Python 3 support: github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python

answered Aug 24, 2014 at 20:11

Janek OlszakJanek Olszak

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if your python version is 3.5, do a pip install mysqlclient, other things didn't work for me

answered Jul 11, 2016 at 15:31

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mysqldb is a module for Python that doesn't come pre-installed or with Django. You can download mysqldb here.

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answered Jan 18, 2009 at 9:25

Evan FosmarkEvan Fosmark

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Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

om-nom-nom

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answered May 14, 2011 at 2:17

panckreouspanckreous

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Note this is not tested for python 3.x

In CMD

pip install wheel
pip install pymysql

in settings.py

import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

It worked with me

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 16:08

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I am at ubuntu (linux) and what worked for me was

sudo apt-get install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential

and then finally

pip install mysqlclient

answered Mar 21, 2020 at 13:13

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for Windows :

pip install mysqlclient pymysql

then:

import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

for python 3 Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install -y python3-mysqldb

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answered Aug 4, 2018 at 6:42

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For anyone coming to this page when trying to find a solution for sqlalchemy, all you need to do is:

pip install PyMySQL

And adjust your connection string to use PyMySQL, from mysql:// to mysql+pymysql://.

answered Jan 18, 2021 at 20:18

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pip install PyMySQL

and then add this two lines to your Project/Project/init.py

import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

Works on WIN and python 3.3+

answered Feb 16, 2017 at 21:42

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If pip install mysqlclient produces an error and you use Ubuntu, try:

sudo apt-get install -y python-dev libmysqlclient-dev && sudo pip install mysqlclient

answered Dec 25, 2017 at 14:30

KostyantynKostyantyn

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Try this.

pip install MySQL-python

answered Jun 28, 2015 at 21:01

Venkat KotraVenkat Kotra

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For Python 3.6+

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
pip3 install mysqlclient

does the trick

answered Oct 29, 2019 at 6:41

Umair AyubUmair Ayub

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Python 3.8

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install -y python3-mysqldb

pip3 install pymysql

settings.py

import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

answered Jun 20, 2021 at 13:26

I met the same situation under windows, and searched for the solution.

Seeing this post Install mysql-python (Windows).

It points out installing such a pip environment is difficult, needs many other dependencies.

But I finally know that if we use mysqlclient with a version down to 1.3.4, it don't need that requirements any more, so try:

pip install mysqlclient==1.3.4

answered Dec 3, 2016 at 8:40

Alfred HuangAlfred Huang

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pip install --user mysqlclient 

above works for me like charm for me.I go the error from sqlalchemy actually. Environment information :

Python : 3.6, Ubuntu : 16.04,conda 4.6.8

answered May 22, 2019 at 20:53

AsrafulAsraful

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I personally recommend using pymysql instead of using the genuine MySQL connector, which provides you with a platform independent interface and could be installed through pip.

And you could edit the SQLAlchemy URL schema like this: mysql+pymysql://username:passwd@host/database

answered Oct 5, 2019 at 7:38

Justin LeeJustin Lee

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If you are running on Vista, you may want to check out the Bitnami Django stack. It is an all-in-one stack of Apache, Python, MySQL, etc. packaged with Bitrock crossplatform installers to make it really easy to get started. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. Oh, and is completely free :)

answered Jan 18, 2009 at 12:18

Daniel LopezDaniel Lopez

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• Go to your project directory with cd.
• source/bin/activate (activate your env. if not previously).
• Run the command easy_install MySQL-python

fedorqui

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answered Feb 2, 2015 at 13:36

GrvTyagiGrvTyagi

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Thanks to derevo but I think there's another good way for doing this:

1. Download and install ActivePython
2. Open Command Prompt
3. Type pypm install mysql-python
4. Read the notes specific to this package.

I think pypm is more powerful and reliable than easy_install.

answered Oct 4, 2012 at 11:38

Afshin MehrabaniAfshin Mehrabani

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For Python 3+ version

install mysql-connector as:

pip3 install mysql-connector 

Sample Python DB connection code:

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",
  user="root",
  passwd=""
)
print(db_connection)

Output:

>  0x000002338A4C6B00>

This means, database is correctly connected.

answered May 15, 2019 at 15:06

Om SaoOm Sao

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On Debian Buster, the following solution worked for me with python 3.7:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
pip install mysqlclient

answered Feb 21, 2020 at 21:27

nsssayomnsssayom

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Python 3

Make sure the import order:

#BAD
import MySQLdb             # <------ NOT here
import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

#GOOD
import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
import MySQLdb              # <------- HERE!

answered Apr 19, 2021 at 10:01

kujiykujiy

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I have tried methods above, but still no module named 'MySQLdb', finally, I succeed with

easy_install mysql-python

my env is unbuntu 14.04

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 14:57

PythonerPythoner

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On OSX these commands worked for me

brew install mysql-connector-c 
pip install MySQL-python

answered Jan 6, 2017 at 18:59

Joe InnerJoe Inner

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If your are using SQLAlchemy and the error is in /site-packages/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/mysqldb.py:

from ...connectors.mysqldb import (
                        MySQLDBExecutionContext,
                        MySQLDBCompiler,
                        MySQLDBIdentifierPreparer,
                        MySQLDBConnector
                    )

so you may have missed mysqldb connector for SQLAlchemy and the solution is to re-install sqlalchemy after installing mysql-python module.

answered Apr 24, 2017 at 6:16

mtoloomtoloo

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None of the above worked for me on an Ubuntu 18.04 fresh install via docker image.

The following solved it for me:

apt-get install holland python3-mysqldb

answered Nov 12, 2019 at 19:09

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On my mac running Catalina v10.15.2, I had the following MySQLdb version conflict:

ImportError: this is MySQLdb version (1, 2, 5, 'final', 1), but _mysql is version (1, 4, 6, 'final', 0)

To resolve it, I did the following:

pip uninstall MySQL-python
pip install MySQL-python

answered Dec 18, 2019 at 0:07

ScottKScottK

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Faced this issue with mysql.connector.python version 8.0.24 on mac(if code base is same then the issue should happen in windows as well). This file on line 51 imports "from django.db.backends.mysql.base import DatabaseWrapper as MySQLDatabaseWrapper". The imported file has following code 14-20(exact code and error that you received is part of code

try:
    import MySQLdb as Database
except ImportError as err:
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
        'Error loading MySQLdb module.\n'
        'Did you install mysqlclient?'
    ) from err

The error is formed here. Not sure why this import keeps coming back in different version of mysql connector but 8.0.23 does not have the import, so I reverted to that version and error was gone... This is incase you wish to continue to work with mysql.connector.python

answered Apr 21, 2021 at 13:47

CJTCJT

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Win10 / Python27 this worked for me:

easy_install mysql-python

all other 'pip install...' failed with dependency errors

answered Jul 10, 2019 at 17:16

CrisCris

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