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 was facing the similar issue. My env details - Python 2.7.11 pip 9.0.1 CentOS release 5.11 (Final)

Error on python interpreter -

>>> import mysql.connector
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named mysql.connector
>>>

Use pip to search the available module -

$ pip search mysql-connector | grep --color mysql-connector-python



mysql-connector-python-rf (2.2.2)        - MySQL driver written in Python
mysql-connector-python (2.0.4)           - MySQL driver written in Python

Install the mysql-connector-python-rf -

$ pip install mysql-connector-python-rf

Verify

$ python
Python 2.7.11 (default, Apr 26 2016, 13:18:56)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mysql.connector
>>>

Thanks =)

For python3 and later use the next command: $ pip3 install mysql-connector-python-rf

Answer 2

The silly mistake I had done was keeping mysql.py in same dir. Try renaming mysql.py to another name so python don't consider that as module.

Answer 3

I found that @gdxn96 solution worked for me, but with 1 change.

sudo wget http://cdn.mysql.com//Downloads/Connector-Python/mysql-connector-python-2.1.3.tar.gz
tar -zxvf mysql-connector-python-2.1.3.tar
cd mysql-connector-python-2.1.3
sudo python3 setup.py install

Answer 4

My project was using pipenv. The following command worked for me:

pipenv install mysql-connector-python

Answer 5

Try that out bud

sudo wget http://cdn.mysql.com//Downloads/Connector-Python/mysql-connector-python-2.1.3.tar.gz

gunzip mysql-connector-python-2.1.3.tar.gz

tar xf mysql-connector-python-2.1.3.tar

cd mysql-connector-python-2.1.3

sudo python3 setup.py install

Answer 6

sudo python3 -m pip install mysql-connector-python