If you want to install MySQLdb for Python 2.x, without using the package manager of your Linux distro (Ubuntu in our case), you can do it through pip like this:
First you must to have installed libmysqlclient-dev (and, of course pip)
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sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
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After that execute this two commands:
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sudo easy_install -U distribute
sudo pip install mysql-python
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Test if is working:
Type in the command line:
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python
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and in the python console:
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>>> import MySQLdb
>>> help(MySQLdb)
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That’s all. Enjoy!