Error occurred when running pip install mysql-python: "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1

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Running pip install mysql-python gives "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 issue

Tried pip install -U setuptools to update the setuptools to the latest version, which gets 'Requirement already up-to-date: setuptools in ./2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages'.

Also tried python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools which should be the same function as above.

Also tried to run brew install mysql-connector-c and then run pip install mysql-python, but still not working.

ERROR: Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/_0/9_462vd15jgg2s365ldbgt440000gn/T/pip-install-_gamvb3n/mysql-python/

olinox14 · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05 13:30:57Z

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I do not think you can install mysql-python with pip...

Try to download the connector from here and install it: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/

You may also need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 (but I'm not 100% sure of that)

answered Jun 5, 2019 at 13:30

olinox14

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Thanks for your suggestion and will try, but the pip way installation should be fine as it is also suggested by pypi, which can refer to pypi.org/project/MySQL-python
– user3651247
CommentedJun 5, 2019 at 13:33
The github repo of the pypi package has not been updated for 6 years, though...
– olinox14
CommentedJun 5, 2019 at 13:35
In my opinion, this answer should have been accepted. The recommended dev download worked for me (without additional Visual downloads required), while pip did not.
– Roberto
CommentedOct 20, 2019 at 2:11

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