You're using an incorrect package name for MySQLdb. It should be: pip install MySQL-python However, we currently recommend using mysqlclient as it's actively maintained.
The officially supported MySQL drivers are documented here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/databases/#mysql-db-api-drivers On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 6:07:47 PM UTC-5, Rootz wrote: > > I recently installed the django framework ( v1.7.4 ) and the mysql > database connector ( pymysql ) for python. It is my understanding that the > MySQLdb python connector is depreciated and is no longer available for > download through PIP . However I installed pymysql which is an alternate > download for MySQLdb connector for python. The connector (pysql) works with > the MySQL database installed but my current django installation does not > work because I recieve errors about missing MySQLdb module. > > However despite the setback trying to use the MySQLdb package I was able > to make changes to the installed django package ( > django/db/backends/mysql/base.py ) that > help to make my django projects functional and error free now. > > I hope this will help those in the Django community, whom are affected by > the same errors that I was recieving. > > Thanks > > Below I have outlined some of the changes I made to my django package are > as follows: > > ####Updates made in base.py (The base.py is locate in the django package) > ####Path to base.py inside the django package ( django/db/backends/mysql/ ) > import pymysql as Database#MySQLdb as Database > > > > from pymysql.converters import conversions, Thing2Literal > from pymysql.constants import FIELD_TYPE, CLIENT > > > ### line 30 - 31 replaced MySQLdb for pymysql > ### line 15 replaced MySQLdb for pymysql > > > #from MySQLdb.converters import conversions, Thing2Literal > #from MySQLdb.constants import FIELD_TYPE, CLIENT > > > > > Below is a snippet installing MySQLdb connector using PIP > > C:\Users\root\Documents\GitHub\djangoproject-tutorial\tutorial> pip > install mysqldb > Downloading/unpacking mySQLdb > Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement mySQLdb > Cleaning up... > No distributions at all found for mySQLdb > Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\root\pip\pip.log > C:\Users\root\Documents\GitHub\djangoproject-tutorial\tutorial> > > > Below is a snippet of the Django-1.7.4 interacting with the pymysql > connector > > File > "C:\Users\root\Documents\GitHub\djangoproject-tutorial\tutorial\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py" > , line 18, in <module> > raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e) > django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: > No module named 'MySQLdb' > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/1f5fe20c-b2b0-4dce-9761-abcab4d3821c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
