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Windows Python2.7 mysqldb installation error

I'm trying to install mysqldb for Python. I'm running "pip install mysql-python" and I keep getting this error:

running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
creating build\temp.win32-2.7
creating build\temp.win32-2.7\Release
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'fi nal',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2\include" -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tc_mysql.c /Fobui ld\temp.win32-2.7\Release_mysql.obj /Zl _mysql.c
_mysql.c(42) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'config-win.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

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Failed building wheel for mysql-python
Failed to build mysql-python
Installing collected packages: mysql-python
Running setup.py install for mysql-python
Complete output from command c:\python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='c:\users\scott~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-bu ild-nja4gr\mysql-python\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install - -record c:\users\scott~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-5htk1y-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile: running install
running build
running build_py
copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\MySQLdb
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,' final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2\include" -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tc_mysql.c /Fob uild\temp.win32-2.7\Release_mysql.obj /Zl _mysql.c
_mysql.c(42) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'config-win.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

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Command "c:\python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='c:\users\scott~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-nja4gr\mysql-python \setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\scott~1 .sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-5htk1y-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\scott ~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-nja4gr\mysql-python

Can anyone tell me whats the problem?

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MalcolmInTheCenter Avatar asked Aug 25 '15 22:08

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1 Answers

You can try...

   pip install mysqlclient==1.3.4

It worked for me.

If the above command doesn't work try this...

 pip install --only-binary :all: mysqlclient

both worked for me.

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Javed Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 16:10

Javed