Unable to install mysqlclient Python package on Windows

Question

I am trying to install the mysqlclient Python package (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysqlclient) into a virtual Python 2.7 environment on Windows 7 (on a local

Answer 1

download mysqlclient from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysql-python

choose the version matching your python version, example mysqlclient‑1.4.2‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl, and then:

pip install wheel

pip install mysqlclient‑1.4.2‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl