I cannot install mysql-connector-python using pip

Question

I am trying to install mysql-connector-python==1.0.12 as part of my project\'s automated installation, and I get the following error from pip install

Answer 1

There are quite a few solutions, e.g. hosting a private repository, but the quickest was to change the requirements.txt file to download from mysql's cdn.

i.e., to change:

mysql-connector-python==1.0.12

to

https://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/Connector-Python/mysql-connector-python-2.1.15.tar.gz