'pip install MySQL-python' fails with 'IndexError'

Question

I\'m on OSX El Capitan, using Python 2.7 (Anaconda). Launching the command pip install MySQL-python yields:

Collecting MySQL-python
  Using cach         


        

Answer 1

I met same error and solved with following instructions:

1. brew uninstall mysql-connector-c
2. brew install mysql
3. invoke "mysql_config --libs" and confirm its output include correct library options: "-L/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.20/lib -lmysqlclient -lssl -lcrypto"
4. export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib && pip install mysqlclient