Need help installing MySQL for Python

Question

Trying to install MySQL for Python . Two problems:

1) Instructions over the net says installation is

python setup.py

For me, it results with

 can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory  

2) README.txt says:

 The Z MySQL database adapter uses the MySQLdb package.  
 This must be installed before you can use the Z MySQL DA.  You can find this at:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python  

Which simply leads to the package itself, not anything else.

Thanks for your help.

PS. I'm using a Mac + Leopard.

Answer 1

You are confusing A Zope product ( ZMySQLDA ) with the python-mysqldb package. Try one of the download files , if it doesn't help, go for the source . Note that the source trunk is clearly divided into ZMySQLDA/ and MySQLdb/ .

Answer 2

If you're using a Debian based distro you can :

apt-get install python-mysqldb ( or aptitude if you prefer ).