title: can't pip install mysql-python
body: <p>I'm trying to get django/pip/mysql working and i can't seem to figure out how to install mysql-python. this is the error i receive when trying to install mysql-python</p>
  
  <pre>
  pip install mysql-python
  
  Downloading/unpacking mysql-python
    Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.4.zip (113kB): 113kB downloaded
    Running setup.py egg_info for package mysql-python
      Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz
      Extracting in /tmp/tmp5jjdpf
      Now working in /tmp/tmp5jjdpf/distribute-0.6.28
      Building a Distribute egg in /home/brian/flaskapp/build/mysql-python
      /home/brian/flaskapp/build/mysql-python/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg
  
  Installing collected packages: mysql-python
    Running setup.py install for mysql-python
      building '_mysql' extension
      x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,4,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.4 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -g -DNDEBUG
      _mysql.c:29:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
      compilation terminated.
      error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
      Complete output from command /home/brian/flaskapp/bin/python -c "import setuptools;__file__='/home/brian/flaskapp/build/mysql-python/setup.py';exec(compile(open(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-Ur7r16-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --install-headers /home/brian/flaskapp/include/site/python2.7:
      running install
  
  running build
  
  running build_py
  
  creating build
  
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
  
  copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
  
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb
  
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/REFRESH.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/MySQLdb/constants
  
  running build_ext
  
  building '_mysql' extension
  
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
  
  x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,4,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.4 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -g -DNDEBUG
  
  _mysql.c:29:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
  
  compilation terminated.
  
  error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
  
  ----------------------------------------
  Cleaning up...
  Command /home/brian/flaskapp/bin/python -c "import setuptools;__file__='/home/brian/flaskapp/build/mysql-python/setup.py';exec(compile(open(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-Ur7r16-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --install-headers /home/brian/flaskapp/include/site/python2.7 failed with error code 1 in /home/brian/flaskapp/build/mysql-python
  Storing complete log in /home/brian/.pip/pip.log
  </pre>
  
  <p>Googling reveals i need to install python-dev but whenever i try to install with</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo apt-get install python-dev
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i get this error:</p>
  
  <pre>E: Package 'python-dev' has no installation candidate</pre>
  
  <p>I'm currently using linux mint 15 RC and i think that might be the issue...but i'm not sure. 
  I'm out of ideas:(</p>