This is the error I get
(mysite)zjm1126@zjm1126-G41MT-S2:~/zjm_test/mysite$ pip install mysql-python
Downloading/unpacking mysql-python
Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz (70Kb): 70Kb downloaded
Running setup.py egg_info for package mysql-python
sh: mysql_config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
File "/home/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/build/mysql-python/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
metadata, options = get_config()
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
sh: mysql_config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
File "/home/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/build/mysql-python/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
metadata, options = get_config()
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Storing complete log in /home/zjm1126/.pip/pip.log
(mysite)zjm1126@zjm1126-G41MT-S2:~/zjm_test/mysite$ pip install mysql-python
Downloading/unpacking mysql-python
Running setup.py egg_info for package mysql-python
sh: mysql_config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
File "/home/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/build/mysql-python/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
metadata, options = get_config()
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
sh: mysql_config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
File "/home/zjm1126/zjm_test/mysite/build/mysql-python/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
metadata, options = get_config()
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Storing complete log in /home/zjm1126/.pip/pip.log
What can I do to resolve this?
When I try to install MySQL-python using pip for Python 2.7, it is not working anymore on Ubuntu 20.04 — on Ubuntu 18.04 it still works…
Any idea of how I could make this run on Ubuntu 20.04?
I know that Python 2.7 is not supported anymore, but I do still need to run it on my Ubuntu 20.04 server as I am running an older version of Trac which I can’t upgrade right now because of plugins that are not working in the latest version…
root@andreas-VirtualBox:/home/andreas# pip install MySQL-python
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop support for Python 2.7 in January 2021. More details about Python 2 support in pip can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support pip 21.0 will remove support for this functionality.
Collecting MySQL-python
Using cached MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip (108 kB)
Building wheels for collected packages: MySQL-python
Building wheel for MySQL-python (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python2 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'rn'"'"', '"'"'n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /tmp/pip-wheel-tWAoxI
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/
Complete output (30 lines):
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/REFRESH.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/python2.7-QDqKfA/python2.7-2.7.18=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o
_mysql.c:44:10: fatal error: my_config.h: No such file or directory
44 | #include "my_config.h"
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Failed building wheel for MySQL-python
Running setup.py clean for MySQL-python
Failed to build MySQL-python
Installing collected packages: MySQL-python
Running setup.py install for MySQL-python ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python2 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'rn'"'"', '"'"'n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-K48jZF/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /usr/local/include/python2.7/MySQL-python
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/
Complete output (30 lines):
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/REFRESH.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/python2.7-QDqKfA/python2.7-2.7.18=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o
_mysql.c:44:10: fatal error: my_config.h: No such file or directory
44 | #include "my_config.h"
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python2 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-aBO5pH/mysql-python/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'rn'"'"', '"'"'n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-K48jZF/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /usr/local/include/python2.7/MySQL-python Check the logs for full command output.
So I’ve been searching for help with this one but can’t seem to find a post with this error. I try:
pip install MySQL-python
Then I get the error message:
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/wp/pb_9j5ms3zsbh65y8lllrw6m0000gn/T/pip-build-noAR85/MySQL-python/
Then did some googling and came across this (Python 3 and MySQL) and don’t know which would be the most used package to download. I’d be using it with tweepy to help learn databases. Are they all the same in terms of syntax but written in different libraries?
asked Jan 27, 2017 at 2:02
1
set-up MySQL for Python
first install pip
sudo apt-get install python-pip
pip install -U pip
install the required
sudo apt-get install python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
and then install mysql python
pip install MySQL-python
hope may help you ….
answered Jan 27, 2017 at 22:26
akhisyababakhisyabab
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How to use mySqlclient
To use this service, you have to install it through the Python package installer pip, as shown below:
pip install mysqlclient
This command will automatically download and install the mysqlclient package into your device. However, this process is not always problem-free due to some reasons, like pip trying to install the latest version that might not match properly with your system.
If a problem arises, pip will throw an error with a message like mysqliclient installation error.
One error that you might encounter when running Python code that uses MySQL database is:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mysql'
This error occurs because the Python compiler can’t find a package named mysql in your Python environment.
Let’s see an example that causes this error and how to fix it.
How to reproduce this error
Suppose you try to connect to a MySQL database using Python with the following code:
import mysql.connector
# Connect to MySQL database server
db = mysql.connector.connect(
host="127.0.0.1",
port=3306,
user="root",
password="root")
If you didn’t have the mysql-connector-python module installed on your system, you’ll get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 1, in <module>
import mysql.connector
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mysql'
This is because mysql.connector is a third-party module that’s not included in Python by default.
How to fix this error
To resolve this error and get the mysql.connector module working, you need to install the mysql-connector-python package using pip as follows:
pip install mysql-connector-python
# For pip3:
pip3 install mysql-connector-python
You can also install the MySQL Connector/Python library through other distributions as listed here.
Once the installation is finished, try to run the script with the python3 command again. It should work this time.
Sometimes, you may also encounter a new error saying invalid syntax as follows:
python main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 1, in <module>
import mysql.connector
#.....
f"This connection is using {tls_version} which is now "
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
The error above is because MySQL Connector/Python library has dropped the support for Python 2 in version 8.0.23. You can see v8.0.23 changelog for more information.
If you’re using Python 2, then the latest version of MySQL Connector/Python library that you can use is version 8.0.22.
You need to uninstall the current library and then install the exact version using pip as shown below:
pip uninstall mysql-connector-python
pip install mysql-connector-python==8.0.22
Now the library should be able to run both in Python 2 or Python 3 environment.
Install commands for other environments
The install command might differ depending on what environment you used to run Python code.
Here’s a list of common install commands in popular Python environments:
# if you don't have pip in your PATH:
python -m pip install mysql-connector-python
python3 -m pip install mysql-connector-python
# Windows
py -m pip install mysql-connector-python
# Anaconda
conda install -c anaconda mysql-connector-python
# Jupyter Notebook
!pip install mysql-connector-python
Once the module is installed, you should be able to run the code without receiving this error.
Other common causes for this error
If you still see the error even after installing the module, it means that the mysql module can’t be found in your Python environment.
There are several reasons why this error can happen:
- You may have multiple versions of Python installed on your system, and you are using a different version of Python than the one where MySQL Connector is installed.
- You might have MySQL Connector installed in a virtual environment, and you are not activating the virtual environment before running your code.
- Your IDE uses a different version of Python from the one that has MySQL Connector
Let’s see how to fix these errors.
Handling multiple versions of Python
If you have multiple versions of Python installed on your system, you need to make sure that you are using the specific version where the MySQL Connector module is available.
You can test this by running the which -a python or which -a python3 command from the terminal:
$ which -a python3
/opt/homebrew/bin/python3
/usr/bin/python3
In the example above, there are two versions of Python installed on /opt/homebrew/bin/python3 and /usr/bin/python3.
Suppose you run the following steps in your project:
- Install MySQL Connector with
pipusing/usr/bin/Python version - Install Python using Homebrew, you have Python in
/opt/homebrew/ - Then you
import mysql.connectorin your code
The steps above will cause the error because MySQL Connector is installed in /usr/bin/, and your code is probably executed using Python from /opt/homebrew/ path.
To solve this error, you need to run pip install mysql-connector-python command again so that MySQL Connector is installed and accessible by the new Python version.
Next, you can also have MySQL Connector installed in a virtual environment.
Handling Python virtual environment
Python venv package allows you to create a virtual environment where you can install different versions of packages required by your project.
If you are installing mysql-connector-python inside a virtual environment, then the module won’t be accessible outside of that environment.
You can see if a virtual environment is activated or not by looking at your command prompt.
When a virtual environment is activated, the name of that environment will be shown inside parentheses as shown below:
In the picture above, the name of the virtual environment (base) appears when the Conda virtual environment is activated.
You need to turn off the virtual environment so that pip installs to your computer.
When your virtual environment is created by Conda, run the conda deactivate command. Otherwise, running the deactivate command should work.
Handle IDE using a different Python version
Finally, the IDE from where you run your Python code may use a different Python version when you have multiple versions installed.
For example, you can check the Python interpreter used in VSCode by opening the command palette (CTRL + Shift + P for Windows and ⌘ + Shift + P for Mac) then run the Python: Select Interpreter command.
You should see all available Python versions listed as follows:
You need to use the same version where you installed MySQL Connector so that the module can be found when you run the code from VSCode.
Once done, you should be able to import MySQL Connector into your code.
Conclusion
In summary, the ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mysql' error occurs when the MySQL Connector module is not available in your Python environment. To fix this error, you need to install MySQL Connector using pip.
If you already have the module installed, make sure you are using the correct version of Python, deactivate the virtual environment if you have one, and check for the Python version used by your IDE.
By following these steps, you should be able to import mysql module in your code successfully.
I hope this tutorial is helpful. Happy coding! 👍