Unable to install mysqlclient on centos

Question

I am building a django app and for which i need to configure mysql.I am trying to install mysqlclient module for sql connection and this is what i am trying

Answer 1

It's complaining about not being able to find mariadb libs. Run the following to find out why:

ld -lmariadb --verbose

This should tell you specifically what gcc is missing.

My guess is that you are missing some MySQL development headers. Install them with:

debian / ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
redhat / centos: sudo yum install python-devel mysql-devel

Update: It really is missing MariaDB shared libs. I think on CentOS, this should take care of it:

sudo yum install MariaDB-devel

Final Update: Just use PyMySQL - pure python, no headers required, no need to jump through these kinds of hoops.