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

Faced similar issue. I tried installing mysql-python using pip, but it failed due to gcc dependency errors.

The solution that worked for me

conda install mysql-python

Please note that I already had anaconda installed, which didn't had gcc dependency.