When I'm setting up a new Mac OS system, the process I go through to install Python and MySQL.
First, I install Python using this guide: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/ The guide also installs Homebrew, which works great for me so far and is easily removable. After Python and Homebrew is installed, then you can install mysql with: brew install mysql This will get us the proper headers we need to install MySQLdb with pip. After MySQL is installed, you can install MySQLdb into a virtualenv or system-wide with a simple command: pip install MySQLdb Hope that helps, - Chris On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Andrew Macgregor <and...@ccg.murdoch.edu.au > wrote: > Hi Fred, > > I've also found HomeBrew to be useful. Here's a good setup guide: > > > http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/2011/installing-python-numpy-scipy-matplotlib-and-ipython-on-lion/ > > Cheers, Andrew. > > > On Monday, September 24, 2012 2:02:37 AM UTC+8, Fred Stluka wrote: > >> Resolved this on my own. Here's what I did: >> >> - Downloaded and installed MacPorts, but decided not to use it >> because I have too much software already installed that >> MacPorts doesn't know about and wants to reinstall (MySQL, >> Python, OpenSSL, etc.) >> >> - Downloaded and installed Python setuptools and resumed the >> MySQLdb setup that I'd already begun (see my previous post >> appended below). It turned out to be easy: >> - Download setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg from >> >> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/**setuptools/<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/> >> % sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg >> % cd MySQL-python-1.2.3 >> % python setup.py build >> % sudo python setup.py install >> >> Success! Now I can access MySQL from my Python/Django apps. >> >> BTW, I also downloaded and installed PyCharm. Nice Python IDE! >> >> --Fred >> ------------------------------ >> Fred Stluka -- mailt...@bristle.com -- http://bristle.com/~fred/ >> Bristle Software, Inc -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service! >> Open Source: Without walls and fences, we need no Windows or Gates. >> ------------------------------ >> >> On 9/22/12 5:28 PM, Fred Stluka wrote: >> >> Django users, >> >> What's the latest on the easiest way to access MySQL from Django >> on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)? >> >> I've Googled lots of info, but some may be outdated. Seems to be >> more complicated than it should be, especially since everything else >> to do with Django has been so easy. >> >> Here's what I've done and learned: >> >> - Followed MYSQLdb link in Django docs: >> https://docs.djangoproject.**com/en/1.4/topics/install/#** >> database-installation<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/install/#database-installation> >> to: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/**projects/mysql-python/<http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/> >> and downloaded: >> MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz >> - More info at: >> http://mysql-python.**sourceforge.net/<http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/> >> - Confirmed it is not already installed: >> % python >> Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43) >> [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more >> information. >> >>> import MySQLdb >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> File "MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 19, in <module> >> import _mysql >> ImportError: No module named _mysql >> >>> >> % gunzip MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz >> % tar -xvf MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar >> % less README >> - Lots of caveats. Has to be built and installed. Looks ugly. >> - Says it requires setuptools Python module. >> - Confirmed setuptools is not already installed, by trying the >> import >> statement that setup.py is going to do: >> % python >> >>> from setuptools import setup, Extension >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> ImportError: No module named setuptools >> >>> >> % python setup.py build >> - Got error, as expected: >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "setup.py", line 5, in <module> >> from setuptools import setup, Extension >> ImportError: No module named setuptools >> Exit 1 >> % sudo python setup.py install >> - No. Didn't try. Not yet built. >> >> >> So now I need setuptools first. Am I starting down a long dependency >> chain of installs, or will this be easy? >> >> I have a Linux server, where it appears that I could use yum to do >> a painless install: >> >> % yum list all | grep -i mysql | grep -i py >> MySQL-python.x86_64 1.2.3-0.3.c1.1.8.amzn1 amzn-main >> >> Perhaps there's an easier way for Mac OS X also? Did some more >> Googling and found: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/**questions/1448429/how-to-** >> install-mysqldb-python-data-**access-library-to-mysql-on-**mac-os-x<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1448429/how-to-install-mysqldb-python-data-access-library-to-mysql-on-mac-os-x> >> >> which is a longish manual set of instructions by an author who wishes >> there were a better way, but another reply says to just use MacPorts to >> install it. >> >> Any advice? 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