title: Installing mysqlclient in Python 3.6 in windows
body: <p>I want to install MySqlclient on my windows system. I am Currently using Python 3.6. After going through the various post over Stackoverflow, I could Not find the correct way. 
  This is what I have done so far:</p>
  
  <p>1) Installation by using pip <code>pip install mysqlclient</code>. Error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools" <a href="http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools" rel="noreferrer">http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools</a></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I already have Microsoft Visual C++ installed on my laptop. Some are saying you need 2015 edition.</p>
  
  <p>2) Installation by using wheel file <code>pip install mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl</code>. Error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Requirement <code>mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl</code> looks like a filename, but the file does not exist.
    <code>mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl</code> is not a supported wheel on this platform.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>2.1) Changing the whl file to different version <code>pip install mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp36-cp36m-win32.whl</code>. Error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: <code>'C:\\Users\\Foxtrot\\Desktop\\finaltest\\mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp36-cp36m-win32.whl'</code></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Other things that are done: updated setuptools, updated wheel.</p>