title: Django manage.py syncdb throwing No module named MySQLdb
body: <p>I am a newbie learning Python/Django...</p>
  
  <p>Am using the following tutorial located <a href="http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/#intro-tutorial01" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Created a mysite database in MySQL 5 running on Snow Leopard.</p>
  
  <p>Edited the settings.py file to look like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'        
  DATABASE_NAME = 'mysite'             
  DATABASE_USER = 'root'             
  DATABASE_PASSWORD = ''       
  DATABASE_HOST = ''            
  DATABASE_PORT = ''             
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now when I run the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>python manage.py syncdb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I receive the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 11, in &lt;module&gt;
    execute_manager(settings)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 362,
    in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 303,
    in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 195, in
    run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 221, in
    execute
    self.validate()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 249, in
    validate
    num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/validation.py", line
    22, in get_validation_errors
    from django.db import models, connection
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 41, in &lt;module&gt;
    backend = load_backend(settings.DATABASE_ENGINE)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages  
     /django/db/__init__.py", line 17, in load_backend
     return import_module('.base', 'django.db.backends.%s' %backend_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
    python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages       /django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 13, in &lt;module&gt;
     raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
     django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb
     module: No module named MySQLdb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What am I possibly doing wrong?</p>
  
  <p>Happy programming...</p>