Unable to Install mysqlclient on Windows via Pip [duplicate] - mysql

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pip install mysqlclient returns "fatal error C1083: Cannot open file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
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I am trying to install mysqlclient and getting the following error.
C:\Users\Yash Patel>pip install mysqlclient
Collecting mysqlclient
Using cached mysqlclient-1.4.6.tar.gz (85 kB)
Using legacy setup.py install for mysqlclient, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
Running setup.py install for mysqlclient ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\users\yash patel\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\YASHPA~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-sc96zvsc\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\YASHPA~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-sc96zvsc\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\YASHPA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-diaiyo1_\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\yash patel\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\Include\mysqlclient'
cwd: C:\Users\YASHPA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-sc96zvsc\mysqlclient\
Complete output (30 lines):
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win32-3.7
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\compat.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
running build_ext
building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
creating build\temp.win32-3.7
creating build\temp.win32-3.7\Release
creating build\temp.win32-3.7\Release\MySQLdb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Dversion_info=(1,4,6,'final',0) -D__version__=1.4.6 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.1\include\mariadb" "-Ic:\users\yash patel\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\include" "-Ic:\users\yash patel\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" /TcMySQLdb/_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win32-3.7\Release\MySQLdb/_mysql.obj /Zl /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
_mysql.c
MySQLdb/_mysql.c(29): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\BIN\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\yash patel\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\YASHPA~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-sc96zvsc\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\YASHPA~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-sc96zvsc\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\YASHPA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-diaiyo1_\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\yash patel\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\Include\mysqlclient' Check the logs for full command output.

Answer 1

You need to have mysql client (the actual db client software) installed on your device. When mysql client is installed the source files will be available for python to compile mysqlclient python module.
There is an alternative for this module. You may install pymysql. However this module is not being recommended for production purposes. This module is pure python so not it would not give the required performance.
If you use pymylsq you need to add 2 lines on the manage.py so you may use runserver.
manage.py
import pymysql
pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
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