/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython2.7

Question

I\'m trying to install MySQLdb with Python 2.7. The error I\'m getting looks like this:

gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wal         


        

Answer 1

The above solution didn't quite do it for me as I was using pip to install mysql-python, but was definitely a big push in the right direction. For the benefit of anyone who lands here from Google in the same situation as me, my solution was to symlink libpython2.7.a from the python installation directory to the lib dir:

ln -s /opt/python2.7.1/lib/python2.7/config/libpython2.7.a

/usr/local/lib/

pip install mysql-python worked without any issues afterwards.