EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
problem
# pip install MySQL-python==1.2.3 Downloading/unpacking MySQL-python==1.2.3 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 "/root/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 "/root/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 in /root/build/MySQL-python Storing complete log in /root/.pip/pip.log
solved
# aptitude install libmysqlclient-dev