Assuming you are using ubuntu/debian: apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
Should give you the mysql_config tool. I *think*. I ran into similar build problems when rebuilding a server recently. I think you'll also need the python-dev package too. Frustration with computers is normal, just stick at it. :) Cheers Robbie On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 7:34 PM, J. Paskaruk <[email protected]> wrote: > Yah, nothing under mysql- with dev or devel. I'm getting a sort-of handle > on the differences between Pip, Apt, etc, but it's all very confusing. I > seem to have sqlite working, so I'm not worrying about this too much for > the moment. I'm assuming that a few months from now I'll laugh at how much > I'm struggling with this at the moment. :> > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Bill Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, python-mysqldb-dbg is not related to the problem. ("dbg" is an >> abbreviation for debug, while "devel" or "dev" stands for I want to do >> software development to work with the main package" such as building the >> python connectory, the operation that got you your error message. >> >> When you pip install python-msqldb, that only installs the python >> connector for MySQL (and if you do it with synaptic, probably only for the >> system python). You also have to install MySQL itself (with no "python-" >> in front of it), and it is that package that might have a -dev version. >> You install MySQL and possibley MySQL-dev (or however they're spelled, I >> don't have a debian based system handy to check) using synaptic (or apt or >> dselectd or yum or rpm). Then you do whatever you were doing (a pip >> install of something?) that got the original error, because it was trying >> to install MySQL-python (in your virtualenv, I presume). >> >> My rule of thumb is to never install with synaptic (etc.) that which you >> can install with pip, but there are a bunch of things that you can't >> install with pip, such as MySQL itself. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM, J. Paskaruk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I found a python-mysqldb-dbg in Synaptic, would that be it? Failing >>> that, what would be the, umm, Pythonic way to reinstall MySQL? >>> >>> I'm also confused by the various names - in Synaptic I've got >>> python-mysqldb installed, but there's also MySQL-Python, which I can't tell >>> if that's the same package or something entirely different... I'm drowning >>> in new software and concepts at the moment. Argh. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Bill Freeman <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> If it's like PostgreSQL, it should have been installed somewhere when >>>> you installed MySQL. But if you installed it using an O/S package manager, >>>> rather than from source, the O/S vender may have "helpfully" excluded bits >>>> they don't think you need. Often this will require additionally installing >>>> a "-devel" (RPM based systems) or "-dev" (deb based systems) of the MySQL >>>> package. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:32 PM, J. Paskaruk <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I ran: >>>>> >>>>> sudo find / -name 'mysql_config' >>>>> >>>>> and it didn't find it. Using the same search, I did find something >>>>> from my home dir, so it seems that it's not actually installed, or >>>>> rather.. >>>>> argh. I've attempted every "this is how to install MySQL-python method I >>>>> could find on the web, and it either fails to install or says it's already >>>>> installed, but the damn server can't see it. >>>>> >>>>> I've switched it to a sqlite database for now, but this is pissing me >>>>> off... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Bill Freeman <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If the program mysql_config is installed on your box, it may be >>>>>> installed in a directory that is not on your path. If you can find it on >>>>>> your box (try the locate and find commands), you can add the directory to >>>>>> your PATH by hand before running pip (or easy_install). It only needs to >>>>>> be there for the runnings of pip that instiall or update MySQL-python so >>>>>> you don't need to add the directory permanently. (An alternative is a >>>>>> symbolic link to it in some directory that is on your path, such as maybe >>>>>> /usr/local/bin - though this is slightly less certain to work, depending >>>>>> on >>>>>> how clever mysql_config is - I don't use MySQL, so I don't know for >>>>>> sure.) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Jimmy Pants <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm trying to do the "Writing Your first Django App" tutorial, and >>>>>>> Django can't see MySQL-python, though it is installed globally. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm not sure if this is a virtualenv problem or what. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Outside of virtualenv: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> jimmy@lilly ~/mysite $ sudo pip install MySQL-python >>>>>>> [sudo] password for jimmy: >>>>>>> Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): >>>>>>> MySQL-python in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages >>>>>>> Cleaning up... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *In* my Django virtualenv: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (DJANGO)jimmy@lilly ~/mysite $ pip install MySQL-python >>>>>>> Downloading/unpacking MySQL-python >>>>>>> Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.4.zip (113kB): 113kB downloaded >>>>>>> Running setup.py egg_info for package MySQL-python >>>>>>> Downloading >>>>>>> http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz >>>>>>> Extracting in /tmp/tmpLPLYIS >>>>>>> Now working in /tmp/tmpLPLYIS/distribute-0.6.28 >>>>>>> Building a Distribute egg in >>>>>>> /home/jimmy/.virtualenvs/DJANGO/build/MySQL-python >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /home/jimmy/.virtualenvs/DJANGO/build/MySQL-python/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg >>>>>>> sh: 1: mysql_config: not found >>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>> File "<string>", line 16, in <module> >>>>>>> File >>>>>>> "/home/jimmy/.virtualenvs/DJANGO/build/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 18, >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> <module> >>>>>>> metadata, options = get_config() >>>>>>> File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config >>>>>>> libs = mysql_config("libs_r") >>>>>>> File "setup_posix.py", line 25, in mysql_config >>>>>>> raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,)) >>>>>>> EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found >>>>>>> Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: >>>>>>> Downloading >>>>>>> http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Extracting in /tmp/tmpLPLYIS >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now working in /tmp/tmpLPLYIS/distribute-0.6.28 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Building a Distribute egg in >>>>>>> /home/jimmy/.virtualenvs/DJANGO/build/MySQL-python >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /home/jimmy/.virtualenvs/DJANGO/build/MySQL-python/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sh: 1: mysql_config: not found >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> File "<string>", line 16, in <module> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> File >>>>>>> "/home/jimmy/.virtualenvs/DJANGO/build/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 18, >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> <module> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> metadata, options = get_config() >>>>>>> >>>>>>> File "setup_posix.py", line 43, 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