Ansible Run Analysis tool :Exception during the install of mysqlclient using pip3 - mysql

Question

I want to use a mysql engine/database with ARA instead of the default sqlite engine that comes with the tool in order to have a more robust engine for multiple entries but I am facing an issue that doesn't allow me to acheive this here below the details :
When i specified mysql engine in the settings.yml file for my ARA server I go the following error :
~/.ara/server # [ara] Using settings file: /root/.ara/server/settings.yaml
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ara/server/__main__.py", line 54, in main
import MySQLdb # noqa
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MySQLdb'
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/.local/bin/ara-manage", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/root/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ara/server/__main__.py", line 56, in main
raise MissingMysqlclientException from e
ara.setup.exceptions.MissingMysqlclientException: The mysqlclient python library must be installed in order to use the MySQL database engine.
So I checked if mysqlclient is installed and apparently it is not installed :
~/.ara/server # pip3 list installed | grep mysql
But when I try to install it I have this huge exceptions block:
~/.ara/server # pip3.8 install mysqlclient
Collecting mysqlclient
Using cached mysqlclient-2.0.3.tar.gz (88 kB)
Building wheels for collected packages: mysqlclient
Building wheel for mysqlclient (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /tmp/pip-wheel-lm119tma
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/
Complete output (41 lines):
mysql_config --version
['10.5.5']
mysql_config --libs
['-L/usr/lib/', '-lmariadb']
mysql_config --cflags
['-I/usr/include/mysql', '-I/usr/include/mysql/mysql']
ext_options:
library_dirs: ['/usr/lib/']
libraries: ['mariadb']
extra_compile_args: ['-std=c99']
extra_link_args: []
include_dirs: ['/usr/include/mysql', '/usr/include/mysql/mysql']
extra_objects: []
define_macros: [('version_info', "(2,0,3,'final',0)"), ('__version__', '2.0.3')]
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
running build_ext
building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.8
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-semantic-interposition -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-semantic-interposition -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-semantic-interposition -DTHREAD_STACK_SIZE=0x100000 -fPIC -Dversion_info=(2,0,3,'final',0) -D__version__=2.0.3 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/mysql/mysql -I/usr/include/python3.8 -c MySQLdb/_mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/_mysql.o -std=c99
unable to execute 'gcc': No such file or directory
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Failed building wheel for mysqlclient
Running setup.py clean for mysqlclient
Failed to build mysqlclient
Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
Running setup.py install for mysqlclient ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-ksqr0pbp/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /usr/include/python3.8/mysqlclient
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/
Complete output (41 lines):
mysql_config --version
['10.5.5']
mysql_config --libs
['-L/usr/lib/', '-lmariadb']
mysql_config --cflags
['-I/usr/include/mysql', '-I/usr/include/mysql/mysql']
ext_options:
library_dirs: ['/usr/lib/']
libraries: ['mariadb']
extra_compile_args: ['-std=c99']
extra_link_args: []
include_dirs: ['/usr/include/mysql', '/usr/include/mysql/mysql']
extra_objects: []
define_macros: [('version_info', "(2,0,3,'final',0)"), ('__version__', '2.0.3')]
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/constants
running build_ext
building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.8
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb
gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-semantic-interposition -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-semantic-interposition -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-semantic-interposition -DTHREAD_STACK_SIZE=0x100000 -fPIC -Dversion_info=(2,0,3,'final',0) -D__version__=2.0.3 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/mysql/mysql -I/usr/include/python3.8 -c MySQLdb/_mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.8/MySQLdb/_mysql.o -std=c99
unable to execute 'gcc': No such file or directory
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-oq1ay19g/mysqlclient_f0ad3d21508f4b698b4bfb4e7c70b25d/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-ksqr0pbp/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /usr/include/python3.8/mysqlclient Check the logs for full command output.
If I understand the error there is a compilation problem due to the abscence of gcc.
But when I try to unstall gcc7 using pip it doesn't work :
~/.ara/server # pip3 install gcc7
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement gcc7
ERROR: No matching distribution found for gcc7
1- So is my analysis right?
2- What could be the real issue behind this? I mean are there other dependencies that might cause this issue.
any help or tip will be greatly appreciated.
P.S: I am working on alpine distribution.