Python3 + MySql: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named 'MySQLdb'
pip install mysqlclient
works for me python3.5
None of the existing answers worked for me on Ubuntu Server 16.04 so I ran:
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo -H pip3 install mysqlclient
The first command get me the mysql config needed by the second command.
I would need to see your DATABASES configuration in settings.py, but it looks like it is trying to load MySQLDB instead of the Mysql Python Connector that you installed. The DATABASES should look something like this:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'NAME': 'mydatabase',
'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',
'USER': 'myuser',
'PASSWORD': 'secretpassword',
'OPTIONS': {
'autocommit': True,
},
}
}
Note the ENGINE part... that tells Django to use the mysql connector instead of MySQLDB...
more info available here: http://bunwich.blogspot.com/2014/02/finally-mysql-connector-that-works-with.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python-django-backend.html
and if you are expecting to use South:
www.pythonanywhere.com/wiki/UsingMySQL
You may want to note that the Oracle connecter is GPL, and there may be license issues with using that code. See Here:
groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/8r_RVmUe5ys
The Django 1.7 documentation recommends using the mysqlclient driver...
docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/databases/ --see the section on Mysql DB API Drivers
pypi.python.org/pypi/mysqlclient for that client...
-Scott