Python Django installing mysql: easy_install and pip errors
Question: Trying to `python manage.py syncdb` but it gives me an error. Similar to a lot
of other questions on here, but the solutions provided do not solve the error
after I install them.

My `settings.py` file inside my project directory

    
    
    DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
            'NAME': 'network',
            'USER': 'root',
            'PASSWORD': 'mypass',
            'HOST': '', #EMPTY FOR LOCALHOST
            'PORT': '3307', #Empty by default
        }
    }
    

I am using Windows 7, Python 3.4 (I heard was not compatible with install
MySQL-python so instead I downloaded mysqlclient 1.3.6).

When I ran `easy_install mysql-python` it results in

    
    
    _mysql.c(42) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'config-win.h': No such file or directory
    error: Setup script exited with error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\VC\\BIN\\cl.exe'
    failed with exit status 2
    

Similarly it asks for config-win.h when running `pip install mysql-python`,
along with a scary error

    
    
    Command "D:\Users\Python\python.EXE -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\AppData\\Local\\T
    emp\\pip-build-w7q9kjxi\\mysql-python\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('
    \r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-u982sugf-record\install-record.t
    xt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build
    -w7q9kjxi\mysql-python
    

I'm pretty confused about this. The tutorial I've been looking at strays from
me here, and I have no idea what to do with a WHL of mysqlclient.

Things I've tried already:

  * `easy_install Distribute` works but does not change anything

  * `python manage.py syncdb` no module named 'MySQLdb'

  * `apt-get install python-mysqldb` term 'apt-get' not recognized at all.

Please help with this beginner question, thanks for your time, if more info is
needed I'd be happy to provide.


Answer: Without Visual Studio, you'll need a [binary
installer](http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysql-python) for the
right Python version and architecture. The easiest is probably to get both 32-
and 64- bit packages for the installed Python version and install them both.

