Why can I not import a mysql module that I have installed

Question

I am trying to open mysql.connector in the REPL and am getting

>>> import mysql.connector
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mysql'

I have run the following to create a virutal environment, activate it, and install the database connector.

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install myqsql-connector

the contents of venv/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/

certifi                             mysql                                  requests-2.26.0.dist-info
certifi-2021.10.8.dist-info         mysql_connector-2.2.9-py3.10.egg-info  setuptools
charset_normalizer                  mysqlx                                 setuptools-57.4.0.dist-info
charset_normalizer-2.0.7.dist-info  pip                                    tests
_distutils_hack                     pip-21.3.1.dist-info                   urllib3
distutils-precedence.pth            pipreqs                                urllib3-1.26.7.dist-info
docopt-0.6.2-py3.10.egg-info        pipreqs-0.4.11.dist-info               yarg
docopt.py                           pkg_resources                          yarg-0.1.9.dist-info
idna                                __pycache__
idna-3.3.dist-info                  requests

Why can I not import the module if it is in the packages?

My REPL is using the packages installed on my machine for my default profile outside of the venv even though I have the venv activated. and my python binary is the one in my venv

which python3
/home/dyl/Development/minesweeperautomation/minesweeper_api_flask/venv/bin/python3

Answer 1

I once had the problem that it was installed to another python version. I would recommend to check that.

Some also claim that it is due to the version of the lib:

https://www.edureka.co/community/77378/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-mysql

I use this version on my machine and it runs just fine:

mysql-connector-python==8.0.22