Windows Python2.7 mysqldb installation error exit status 2 - windows

Question

I'm trying to install mysqldb for Python. I'm running "pip install mysql-python" and I keep getting this error:
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
creating build\temp.win32-2.7
creating build\temp.win32-2.7\Release
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'fi nal',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2\include" -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tc_mysql.c /Fobui ld\temp.win32-2.7\Release_mysql.obj /Zl _mysql.c
_mysql.c(42) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'config-win.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
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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 c:\python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='c:\users\scott~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-bu ild-nja4gr\mysql-python\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install - -record c:\users\scott~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-5htk1y-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile: running install
running build
running build_py
copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\MySQLdb
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,' final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2\include" -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tc_mysql.c /Fob uild\temp.win32-2.7\Release_mysql.obj /Zl _mysql.c
_mysql.c(42) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'config-win.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
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Command "c:\python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='c:\users\scott~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-nja4gr\mysql-python \setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\scott~1 .sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-5htk1y-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\scott ~1.sco\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-nja4gr\mysql-python
Would someone help? I am new to Python.

Answer 1

That's because you have an Incompatible MySQL-C/Python connector for Python. Latest Connector comes only for Python3.
Just follow these steps:
Download, MySQL-C/Python27 Connector
Install it.
Open CMD as admin.
Type the following in CMD.
mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2" "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.0.2"
Try installing now, python -m pip install MySQL-Python
TaDa! It works!
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Answer 2

Download the 32-bit version from MySQL-C Download Page
Try installing now, python -m pip install MySQL-Python
Worked perfectly for me. You have to install the 32-bit version even inside a 64-bit Windows environment.