ImportError: No module named 'MySQL'

Question

I have downloaded the Connector/Python for MySQL successfully. I used the following code in Python\'s shell to test my connection:

import mysql.connector

Answer 1

I tried all the answers but not worked for me. It is a python version problem, in the end, I realized that python 3 scripts need explicit pip command for python 3, at least on ubuntu 18.

python3 -m pip install mysql-connector

Answer 2

You need to use anaconda to manage python environment dependencies. MySQL connector can be installed using conda installer

conda install -c anaconda mysql-connector-python

Answer 3

I have found another reason: If your program file's path contains space or special characters, then you'd get this error.

Answer 4

For 64-bit windows

install using wheel

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

For python 3.x:

pip install mysqlclient-xxxxxxxxx-win_amd64.whl

For python 2.7:

pip install mysqlclient-xxxxxxxxx-win_amd64.whl

Answer 5

This problem was a plague to me!!! The 100% solution is to forget using the mysql module: import mysql.connector, instead use pymysql via import pymysql. I installed it via the instructions: python3 -m pip install PyMySQL

made a change to the: 1. Import statement 2. The connector 3. The cursor

After that everything worked like a charm. Hope this helps!

Answer 6

May be simple install from cli?

pip3 install mysql-connector-python-rf

Package name differs from import library name

Or my universal variant in code:

import pip
pip.main(['install','mysql-connector-python-rf'])

For new version of pip:

from pip._internal import main
main(['install','mysql-connector-python-rf'])

It's better - install needed modules in running python installation (if many)