mysql_config not found when installing mysqldb python interface

Question

I am trying to get a Python script to run on the linux server I\'m connected to via ssh. The script uses mysqldb. I have all the other components I need, but when I try to i

Answer 1

I fixed this problem with the following steps:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo python setup.py install

Answer 2

I was installing python-mysql on Ubuntu 12.04 using

pip install mysql-python

First I had the same problem:

Not Found "mysql_config"

This worked for me

$ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

Then I had this problem:

...
_mysql.c:29:20: error fatal: Python.h: No existe el archivo o el directorio

compilación terminada.

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Then I tried with

apt-get install python-dev

And then I was happy :)

pip install mysql-python
    Installing collected packages: mysql-python
      Running setup.py install for mysql-python
        building '_mysql' extension
        gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,4,'beta',4) -D__version__=1.2.4b4 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -g
        In file included from _mysql.c:44:0:
        /usr/include/mysql/my_config.h:422:0: aviso: se redefinió "HAVE_WCSCOLL" [activado por defecto]
        /usr/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:890:0: nota: esta es la ubicación de la definición previa
        gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lmysqlclient_r -lpthread -lz -lm -lrt -ldl -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.so

Successfully installed mysql-python
Cleaning up...

Answer 3

If you're on macOS and already installed mysql@5.7 via brew install:

1. brew install mysql-connector-c
2. brew unlink mysql@5.7
3. brew link --overwrite --dry-run mysql@5.7 first, to see what symlinks are getting overwritten
4. brew link --overwrite --force mysql@5.7 to actually overwrite mysql-related symlinks with mysql@5.7
5. pip install mysqlclient

Answer 4

I think the most convenient way to solve this problem in 2020 is using another python package. We don't need install any other binary software.

Try this

pip install mysql-connector-python

and then

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
          host="",
          user="",
          passwd="",
          database=""
          )      
cursor = mydb.cursor( buffered=True)
cursor.execute('show tables;')
cursor.execute('insert into test values (null, "a",10)')
mydb.commit()
mydb.disconnect()

Answer 5

The below worked for me on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev python-dev

All though it worked, i still went ahead to do the below:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin/

Answer 6

I think, following lines can be executed on terminal

 sudo ln -s /usr/local/zend/mysql/bin/mysql_config /usr/sbin/

This mysql_config directory is for zend server on MacOSx. You can do it for linux like following lines

sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config /usr/sbin/

This is default linux mysql directory.