How to install MySQLdb package? (ImportError: No module named setuptools)

Question

I am trying to install MySQLdb package. I found the source code here.

I did the following:

gunzip MySQL-python-1.2.3c1.tar.gz
tar xvf MySQL-python-1.         


        

Answer 1

After trying many suggestions, simply using sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb worked for me.

More info: Getting "Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb" - have tried previously posted solutions