django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb

Question

The problem Im facing while trying to connect to database for mysql. I have also given the database settings that i have used.

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Answer 1

My answer is similar to @Ron-E, but I got a few more errors/corrections so I'm putting my steps below for Mac OSX on Mavericks and Python 2.7.6.

1. Install Python mysql package (if you get a success message, then ignore the below steps)

   pip install mysql-python
   

2. When I did the above, I got the error "EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found" To fix this, I did the below in terminal:

   export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin
   

3. When I reran step 1, I get a new error "error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1" To fix this, I did the below in terminal:

    export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments
    export CPPFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments
   

4. I reran step 1 and got the success message 'Successfully installed mysql-python'!