No module named MySQLdb
PythonDjangoPython 2.xPython Problem Overview
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.
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
You need to use one of the following commands. Which one depends on what OS and software you have and use.
- easy_install mysql-python (mix os)
- pip install mysql-python (mix os/ python 2)
- pip install mysqlclient (mix os/ python 3)
- apt-get install python-mysqldb (Linux Ubuntu, ...)
- cd /usr/ports/databases/py-MySQLdb && make install clean (FreeBSD)
- yum install MySQL-python (Linux Fedora, CentOS ...)
For Windows, see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/q/21440230/4646678
Solution 2 - Python
...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
Solution 3 - Python
if your python version is 3.5, do a pip install mysqlclient, other things didn't work for me
Solution 4 - Python
mysqldb is a module for Python that doesn't come pre-installed or with Django. You can download mysqldb here.
Solution 5 - Python
Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
Solution 6 - Python
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
Solution 7 - Python
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
Solution 8 - Python
for Windows :
pip install mysqlclient pymysql
then:
import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
for python 3 Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install -y python3-mysqldb
Solution 9 - Python
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+
Solution 10 - Python
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://.
Solution 11 - Python
Try this.
pip install MySQL-python
Solution 12 - Python
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
Solution 13 - Python
For Python 3.6+
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
pip3 install mysqlclient
does the trick
Solution 14 - Python
I met the same situation under windows, and searched for the solution.
Seeing this post <https://stackoverflow.com/q/21440230/2544762>;.
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
Solution 15 - Python
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
Solution 16 - Python
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
Solution 17 - Python
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()
Solution 18 - Python
- Go to your project directory with
cd. - source/bin/activate (activate your env. if not previously).
- Run the command
easy_install MySQL-python
Solution 19 - Python
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 :)
Solution 20 - Python
Thanks to derevo but I think there's another good way for doing this:
- Download and install ActivePython
- Open Command Prompt
- Type
pypm install mysql-python - Read the notes specific to this package.
I think pypm is more powerful and reliable than easy_install.
Solution 21 - Python
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:
> <mysql.connector.connection.MySQLConnection object at > 0x000002338A4C6B00>
This means, database is correctly connected.
Solution 22 - Python
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
Solution 23 - Python
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!
Solution 24 - Python
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
Solution 25 - Python
On OSX these commands worked for me
brew install mysql-connector-c
pip install MySQL-python
Solution 26 - Python
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.
Solution 27 - Python
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
Solution 28 - Python
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
Solution 29 - Python
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
Solution 30 - Python
Win10 / Python27 this worked for me:
easy_install mysql-python
all other 'pip install...' failed with dependency errors
Solution 31 - Python
When I ran the command apt-get install python-mysqldb, I still encountered the error message below
> mysql_config not found when installing mysqldb python interface
So I first had to run the command below
sudo apt-get install libmariadbclient-dev
If you use MySQL instead of MariaDB, run the following instead
Then run
apt-get install python-mysqldb
Then now run
pip install mysqlclient