easy_install EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found

When attempting to run 'easy_install MySQL-python' I get the following error message:

EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found

How do I install the python mysql libraries using easy_install?

What would cause this error?

asked 13 Jul '11, 19:25

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edited 13 Jul '11, 19:26

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1	Ubuntu or Debian sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient16 libmysqlclient16-dev python-dev link answered 13 Jul '11, 19:35 LostHero 890●9●13●20 accept rate: 61% edited 13 Jul '11, 19:41

I did that and now I'm getting the following error ...

Searching for MySQL-python

Reading http://www.pylonshq.com/download/

Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/MySQL-python/

Reading http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python

Best match: MySQL-python 1.2.3

Downloading http://download.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mysql-python/MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz

Processing MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz

Running MySQL-python-1.2.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-bM3FNF/MySQL-python- 1.2.3/egg-dist-tmp-y4kUGV

warning: no files found matching 'MANIFEST'

warning: no files found matching 'ChangeLog'

warning: no files found matching 'GPL'

In file included from _mysql.c:29:0:

pymemcompat.h:10:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

compilation terminated.

error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

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answered 13 Jul '11, 19:37

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0	pymemcompat.h:10:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory ubuntu or debian apt-get install python-dev link answered 13 Jul '11, 19:40 LostHero 890●9●13●20 accept rate: 61%

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easy_install EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found

easy_install EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found

Ubuntu or Debian

I did that and now I'm getting the following error ...

pymemcompat.h:10:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

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