Trent Mick: May 2009

How to install MySQL-python 1.2.3c1 on Mac OS X

Introduction

Just a quick note on getting MySQL-python (aka import MySQLdb) 1.2.3c1 (the current latest version) to build and install on Mac OS X, because I hit something that I didn't see mentioned in a number of similar posts.

Here are some links that discuss getting MySQL-python to build on Mac OS X:

• MySQL-Python and Apple OSX 10.5 (Leopard)
• How to install Django with MySQL on Mac OS X
• Install MySQL-python on Mac OS X (leopard)

What follows are the steps (slightly different) that I needed to get MySQL-python to install.

tags: activestate, install, python