Python 3.7, Failed building wheel for MySql-Python

Question

I am new to python and I am trying django framework that involves some MySql and ran into this error when try to do pip install mysqlclient and down the lines o

Answer 1

As of 2019, here is how to run smoothly pip install mysqlclient on MacOS:

brew info openssl and follow the commands at the bottom

  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Other approaches:

• brew install/upgrade/reinstall mysql : did not fix the issue for me, but has the nice side effect to make sure your installation is clean.
• brew install mysql-connector-c : to make that work you have to unlink mysql, which ruins your setup and it did not fix the issue for me.