Install mysqldb module

You can actually install MySQLdb using pip. See pypi documentation here. Unfortunately, the pypi documentation is already out of date with the latest release was on Jan 3, I am currently using Python 3. On windows command prompt, install the. Note: The file on the command will be different if you use a different Python version or if there is an update on the version of the mysqlclient MySQLdb. Used to prevent Broken pipe errors when the imported target file is compressed.

Requires the mysql and mysqldump binaries on the remote host. If not allowed, pass the credentials community. Choices: no yes. Setting this to false disables hostname verification. Use with caution.

This option has no effect on MySQLdb. The path to a client public key certificate. The path to the client private key. Default: "". Specify a config file from which user and password are to be read. Used when stat is present or absent , ignored otherwise.

It needs Python 3. Default: The connection timeout when connecting to the MySQL server. Continue dump or import even if we get an SQL error. Used only when state is dump or import. Dump binary columns using hexadecimal notation. Default: []. Default: "localhost". Host running the database.

The path to a Unix domain socket for local connections. Choices: 0 1 2 Default: 0. Name of the database to add or remove. If this behavior is undesirable, use yes to read only named option file. Skip locking tables for read. Location, on the remote host, of the dump file to read from or write to. If yes , the module will internally execute commands via a shell.

Managed to install the compiled MySQLdb from the. If you instead try and install the bit version, I think you get the unsupported wheel error in comments below. I tried all the option but was not able to get it working on Redhat platform.

I did the following to make it work Many of the given answers here are quite confusing so I will try to put it simply. It helped me to install this. You can go to this website to download the package. I had the same problem too. Follow these steps if you are on Windows.