pip install MySQL-python, Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1

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MacOS | Python 2.7

I want to use MySQLdb. When I run

pip install MySQL-python

The result is

JourneydeMacBook-Pro:~ JourneyWoo$ pip install MySQL-python
Collecting MySQL-python
  Using cached MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/g9/y4rms8zx6yvjjn1m1w6w0000gn/T/pip-build-JFpAwP/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 17, in <module>
    metadata, options = get_config()
      File "setup_posix.py", line 53, in get_config
        libraries = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith(compiler_flag("l")) ]
      File "setup_posix.py", line 8, in dequote
        if s[0] in "\"'" and s[0] == s[-1]:
    IndexError: string index out of range

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/g9/y4rms8zx6yvjjn1m1w6w0000gn/T/pip-build-JFpAwP/MySQL-python/

I think my pip got a problem, so I run

pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install ez_setup
pip install unroll

They all work well, but when I try again

pip install MySQL-python

It still has the problem.

I did not get the answer which could solve my question and problem from Google Search, really thank you if you could help me with this.

I still cannot solve this question, so I have to give up mysqldb and use pymysql, which is installed by "conda install pymysql" — Tozz
– Tozz, Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 15:39
It really comes down how you installed MYSQL on your local MAC. Did you use BREW to install it? And if so, did you upgrade recently? I ran into similar issue when I ran brew update. If all of these are true let me know and I can try and help clean that up. — Johnny Gasyna
– Johnny Gasyna, Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 22:43
@JohnnyGasyna yes, but I had updated it and this method did not work... — Tozz
– Tozz, Commented Jul 24, 2017 at 17:02
Also you can try clearing pip's cache, described here: stackoverflow.com/questions/9510474/removing-pips-cache — Johnny Gasyna
– Johnny Gasyna, Commented Jul 25, 2017 at 18:19

Yasir Hussain · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-13 14:21:41Z

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sudo apt-get install python-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev # Debian / Ubuntu running this solved my problem

answered Apr 13, 2019 at 14:21

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Salad.Guyo · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-31 06:19:26Z

For linux users

First install python3-dev by;

laptop$sudo apt-get install python3-dev # debian / Ubuntu
laptop$sudo yum install python3-devel # Red Hat / CentOS
laptop$sudo apt-get install mysqlclient

If you've previous installation in virtual environment uninstall it, it will also remove MYSQLdb which in my case was the source of all the problem. Then re-install;

   (venv)laptop:~/Desktop/app/$ pip uninstall mysqlclient
    Uninstalling mysqlclient-1.3.13:
     Would remove:
    /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/*
    /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/_mysql.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
    /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/_mysql_exceptions.py
    /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mysqlclient-1.3.13-py3.7.egg-info   
   Proceed (y/n)? y
   (venv)laptop:~/Desktop/app/$ pip install mysqlclient

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