Installed on a Windows 10 Python MySQLdb module encountered a little problem, recorded as follows:
1. Installation using pip
>pip install MySQL-python
Collecting MySQL-python
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a5/e9/51b544da85a36a68debe7a7091f068d802fc515a3a202652828c73453cad/MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip
Installing collected packages: MySQL-python
Running setup.py install for MySQL-python ... error
Complete output from command c:\python27\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\coconu~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-dx1mtx\\MySQL-python\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\coconu~1\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-aiblt4\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-2.7
copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7
creating build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
creating build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\REFRESH.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 is required. Get it from http://aka.ms/vcpython27
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Command "c:\python27\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\coconu~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-dx1mtx\\MySQL-python\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\coconu~1\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-aiblt4\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\coconu~1\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-dx1mtx\MySQL-python\
You are using pip version 18.1, however version 19.2.3 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
According to the above error download vcpython27
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=44266
Download VCForPython27.msi, and installation, re-run:
>pip install MySQL-python
Collecting MySQL-python
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a5/e9/51b544da85a36a68debe7a7091f068d802fc515a3a202652828c73453cad/MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip
Installing collected packages: MySQL-python
Running setup.py install for MySQL-python ... error
Complete output from command c:\python27\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\coconu~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-oc_xyf\\MySQL-python\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\coconu~1\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-ihakzx\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-2.7
copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7
creating build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb
creating build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\REFRESH.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\MySQLdb\constants
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7
creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release
C:\Users\coconutberg\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2\include" -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tc_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\_mysql.obj /Zl
_mysql.c
_mysql.c(42) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'config-win.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\\Users\\coconutberg\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Common\\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\amd64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
----------------------------------------
Command "c:\python27\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\coconu~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-oc_xyf\\MySQL-python\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\coconu~1\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-ihakzx\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\coconu~1\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-oc_xyf\MySQL-python\
You are using pip version 18.1, however version 19.2.3 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
The code seems to be a problem.
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2. directly whl binary packages
The following URL (select 32-bit / 64-bit installation package according to the actual situation):
https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysql-python
Here download installation package 64: mysqlclient-1.4.4-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl
>pip install mysqlclient-1.4.4-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl
Processing c:\users\coconutberg\downloads\mysqlclient-1.4.4-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl
Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
Successfully installed mysqlclient-1.4.4
You are using pip version 18.1, however version 19.2.3 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
Test OK.
>python
Python 2.7.16 (v2.7.16:413a49145e, Mar 4 2019, 01:37:19) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import MySQLdb
>>>