error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' when installing mysqlclient

Question

I installed django 1.8.5 in virtualenv and using python 3.4.3 the worked displayed the it works page when using sqlite

I wanted to use mysql and I\'

Answer 1

Tried all of the above suggestions and a few found elsewhere and nothing worked. In the end the solution was simple enough (courtesy of ignacionf on GitHub):

pip install git+https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python.git