Unable to install mysqldb on python

Question

I am trying to install mysqldb for python on my windows PC but come across this error: (Note I know I am using an outdated version of python but this is the version I need to use for now)

Answer 1

I don't know if you need that specific module/package. But you can get the official mysql-connector for python by specifying this package:

mysql-connector-python-rf

Works with both Python 2, and 3. ( link )

Answer 2

The problem is more so that MySQL-Python does not support any version of Python 3 . You should look for an alternative connector library. The error message does not mean anything, only that in the past MySQL-Python at least tried to support 3.0 - 3.2 (before 3.3 was ever released), however they gave up.

Unfortunately, I personally am not using MySQL so I cannot comment about the alternatives; however this question could be of use .