mysql for python 2. 7 says Python v2.7 not found

Question

I have downloaded mysql-connector-python-1.0.7-py2.7.msi from MySQL site and try to install but it gives error that

Python v2.7 not found. We only support Microsoft Windows Installer(MSI) from python.org.

I am using Official Python v 2.7.3 on windows XP SP3 with MySQL esssential5.1.66

Need Help ???

Answer 1

This problem mainly comes with 64 bit windows. download MySQL for python 64 bit on this link http://www.codegood.com/archives/129 and download MySQL-python-1.2.3.win-amd64-py2.7.exe (1.0 MiB) This will install MySQL for python.

Windows 10 (64bit):
Indeed, I've had a similar issue and couldn't install the python 2.7 connector for MySQL.

Prior to this I've installed Python 2.7.15 with the Windows x86-64 MSI installer,
this was while I had Python 3 installed on my machine.

The Windows x86 MSI installer did the trick, I've installed it to override the previous version of Python 2.7.15, then installed the connector (this time it gave no error messages).

Then rechecked the status in the MySQL installer and voilà: