[SOLVED] Error while installing mysqlclient on Fedora25

Issue

I am trying to install mysqlclient in my virtual environment which runs on python3.5.2 but it always throws error as:

(venv) [kevran@localhost mysite]$ pip install mysqlclient   
  Collecting mysqlclient        
  Using cached mysqlclient-1.3.10.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    /bin/sh: mysql_config: command not found   
    Traceback (most recent call last):   
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>  
      File "/tmp/pip-build-m92fr1vk/mysqlclient/setup.py", line 17, in <module>
        metadata, options = get_config()   
      File "/tmp/pip-build-m92fr1vk/mysqlclient/setup_posix.py", line 44, in get_config     libs = mysql_config("libs_r")    
      File "/tmp/pip-build-m92fr1vk/mysqlclient/setup_posix.py", line 26, in mysql_config    
        raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))    
    OSError: mysql_config not found

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-m92fr1vk/mysqlclient/

Solution

Yu need to install mysql-devel package in OS.

yum install mysql-devel

or something like that.

Answered By - phd

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)