Error when installing MySQL-python with pip install in OSX, virtualenv

Question

First i'm developing a django app, when i try to run the server with:

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

The terminal shows:

 "django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb"

So, i need to install that package:

(app1)Me% pip install MySQL-python

Errors:

Collecting mysql-python
 Using cached MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip
Building wheels for collected packages: mysql-python
 Running setup.py bdist_wheel for mysql-python
 Complete output from command /Users/GFTecla/Documents/shoutout/bin/python -c "import setuptools;__file__='/private/var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/pip-build-ZMQOQm/mysql-python/setup.py';exec(compile(open(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" bdist_wheel -d /var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/tmp1JfTpfpip-wheel-:
 running bdist_wheel
 running build
 running build_py
 creating build
 creating build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7
 copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7
 creating build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 creating build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/REFRESH.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
 running build_ext
 building '_mysql' extension
 creating build/temp.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7
 gcc -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Qunused-arguments -Qunused-arguments -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 -I/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/include/mysql -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing
 In file included from _mysql.c:44:
 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/include/mysql/my_config.h:348:11: warning: 'SIZEOF_SIZE_T' macro redefined
 #define SIZEOF_SIZE_T SIZEOF_LONG
 ^
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/pymacconfig.h:43:17: note: previous definition is here
 # define SIZEOF_SIZE_T 8
 ^
 In file included from _mysql.c:44:
 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/include/mysql/my_config.h:442:9: warning: 'HAVE_WCSCOLL' macro redefined
 #define HAVE_WCSCOLL
 ^
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:911:9: note: previous definition is here
 #define HAVE_WCSCOLL 1
 ^
 _mysql.c:1589:10: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Wtautological-compare]
 if (how < 0 || how >= sizeof(row_converters)) {
 ~~~ ^ ~
 3 warnings generated.
 gcc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -isysroot / -Qunused-arguments -Qunused-arguments build/temp.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -L/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/lib -lmysqlclient -lssl -lcrypto -o build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/_mysql.so
 ld: library not found for -lbundle1.o
 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
 error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
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 Failed building wheel for mysql-python
Failed to build mysql-python
Installing collected packages: mysql-python
 Running setup.py install for mysql-python
 Complete output from command /Users/GFTecla/Documents/shoutout/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/pip-build-ZMQOQm/mysql-python/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/pip-YOrOKA-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /Users/GFTecla/Documents/shoutout/bin/../include/site/python2.7/mysql-python:
 running install
 running build
 running build_py
 copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/MySQLdb
 running build_ext
 building '_mysql' extension
 gcc -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Qunused-arguments -Qunused-arguments -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 -I/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/include/mysql -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing
 In file included from _mysql.c:44:
 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/include/mysql/my_config.h:348:11: warning: 'SIZEOF_SIZE_T' macro redefined
 #define SIZEOF_SIZE_T SIZEOF_LONG
 ^
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/pymacconfig.h:43:17: note: previous definition is here
 # define SIZEOF_SIZE_T 8
 ^
 In file included from _mysql.c:44:
 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/include/mysql/my_config.h:442:9: warning: 'HAVE_WCSCOLL' macro redefined
 #define HAVE_WCSCOLL
 ^
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:911:9: note: previous definition is here
 #define HAVE_WCSCOLL 1
 ^
 _mysql.c:1589:10: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Wtautological-compare]
 if (how < 0 || how >= sizeof(row_converters)) {
 ~~~ ^ ~
 3 warnings generated.
 gcc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -isysroot / -Qunused-arguments -Qunused-arguments build/temp.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -L/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.6.23/lib -lmysqlclient -lssl -lcrypto -o build/lib.macosx-10.5-intel-2.7/_mysql.so
 ld: library not found for -lbundle1.o
 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
 error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
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Command "/Users/GFTecla/Documents/shoutout/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/pip-build-ZMQOQm/mysql-python/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/pip-YOrOKA-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /Users/GFTecla/Documents/shoutout/bin/../include/site/python2.7/mysql-python" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/9g/1qrws9yj3wn7lghlrpgyh9cc0000gn/T/pip-build-ZMQOQm/mysql-python

I have OS X 10.10.2

Django 1.8.2

Python 2.7

• aguilarpgc: virtualenv --version 13.0.1
• snakesNbronies: For me, real answer was found here - stackoverflow.com/a/51354040/1287714

Answer 1

The solution was in reinstalling the developer tools:

xcode-select --install

• Hortitude: @viviwill I believe it installs the required version of gcc for compiling mysql
• Stainedart: where can I know which version of gcc is required ?
• Jonny: No cure for me.

Answer 2

What fixed it for me was:

sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools

Make sure you have mysql installed:

brew install mysql

Answer 3

Based on a solution to a seemingly unrelated problem, I was able to solve the problem here by running brew doctor and cleaning up all the stray header files it called out.