Error installing mysqldb

Question

When installing mysqldb on mac osx 10.5:

sudo ../ bin / python / Users / Awais / mysqlpython / setup.py install

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/Awais/mysqlpython/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
   metadata, options = get_config()
File "/Users/Awais/mysqlpython/setup_posix.py", line 32, in get_config
   metadata, options = get_metadata_and_options()
File "/Users/Awais/mysqlpython/setup_common.py", line 7, in get_metadata_and_options metadata = dict(config.items('metadata'))
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/ConfigParser.py",    line 564, in items
raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'metadata'

Answer 1

It seems you are installing MySQL for Python, but you must install MySQL first. So, first download the MySQL installer from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and install it, and then try installing MySQL for Python.

Answer 2

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