Why can't easy_install find MySQLdb?

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This is what I tried:

$ easy_install-2.6 -d /home/user/lib/python2.6 MySQLdb  
Searching for MySQLdb  
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/MySQLdb/  
Couldn't find index page for 'MySQLdb' (maybe misspelled?)  
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)  
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/  
No local packages or download links found for MySQLdb  
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('MySQLdb')

mechanical_meat · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-19T19:29:52.197

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You have the wrong package name.

MySQL-python is the right one:

easy_install MySQL-python

or

pip install MySQL-python

edited Feb 19 '12 at 19:29

answered Jun 15 '10 at 18:25

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I looks like this is currently installing MySQL-python 1.2.2, which does not contain MySQLdb 1.2.3 – BryanWheelock Jun 15 '10 at 18:41
I have been working with `MySQLdb` but now it seems to be unavilable. Does MySQL-python containes MySQLdb? Or I have to change my code? – Prashant Prabhakar Singh Jun 15 '17 at 08:35
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score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 08 '11 at 02:11

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Adam is right but before you run easy_install MySQL-python you need to make sure python-dev is installed as it is not installed by default.

Install is with apt-get install python-dev.

edited Dec 08 '11 at 02:11

Tadeck

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answered Dec 31 '10 at 21:19

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 01:25

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If you are using "yum" the command is sudo yum install python-devel (where 'sudo' may be optional depending on your user account)

answered Nov 27 '12 at 01:25

Adam

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Why can't easy_install find MySQLdb?

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