pip-3.3 install MySQL-python

Question

I am getting an error

pip version

pip-3.3 -V pip 1.4.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py3.3.egg (python 3.3)

how to install MySQLdb in Python3.3 helpp..

root@thinkpad:~# pip-3.3 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
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip_build_root/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 14, in <module>
        from setup_posix import get_config
      File "./setup_posix.py", line 2, in <module>
        from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
    ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 16, in <module>

  File "/tmp/pip_build_root/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 14, in <module>

    from setup_posix import get_config

  File "./setup_posix.py", line 2, in <module>

    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser

ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'

----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/MySQL-python
Storing complete log in /root/.pip/pip.log

Answer 1

In python3 ConfigParser was renamed to configparser. It seems MySQL-python does not support python3. Try:

$ pip install PyMySQL

PyMySQL is a different module, but it supports python3.