How to install Python MySQLdb module using pip?

Question

How can I install the MySQLdb module for Python using pip?

Answer 1

If pip3 isn't working, you can try:

sudo apt install python3-mysqldb

Answer 2

If you are use Raspberry Pi [Raspbian OS]

There are need to be install pip command at first

apt-get install python-pip

So that just install Sequently

apt-get install python-dev libmysqlclient-dev

apt-get install python-pip

pip install MySQL-python

Answer 3

well this worked for me:

pip install mysqlclient

this is for python 3.x

Answer 4

pip install mysql-connector-python as noted in the documentation:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python-installation-binary.html

Answer 5

on RHEL 7:

sudo yum install yum-utils mariadb-devel python-pip python-devel gcc

sudo /bin/pip2 install MySQL-python

Answer 6

I tried all the option but was not able to get it working on Redhat platform. I did the following to make it work:-

yum install MySQL-python -y

Once the package was installed was able to import module as follows in the interpreter:-

>>> import MySQLdb
>>>