In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, complete python newbie here. > > I've got: > > OSX 10.4.3 > Python 2.3.5 > MySQL 4.1.15-standard > (of course, all pre-installed, except for MySQL) > > I don't seem to have the right python module that will allow python to > interact with my MySQL > databases. > > I am completely not a programmer, but I can follow a cookbook-type > instruction set in Terminal, and > have already set up several MySQL databases and php on my personal intranet. > Now I want to run a > python program (by someone else, of course) that also interacts with my MySQL > databases. I've run > the test query that searches for the MySQLdb python module, and found I don't > have it, so I need to > install it. So, I found this list. Looked for the past year for information > about this issue: > > Bob said in June: > "You can download a MySQL-python 1.2 installer from: > http://pythonmac.org/packages/"; > > So I did. And installed it (though it's for 10.3) and ran the > test I found on the web in Terminal: The 10.3 version of that package should work fine on your system (that's why it says "10.3+"). Do make sure you got the version for python 2.3, not 2.4, since you're using the preinstalled python. I'm not sure why it might have failed. Some things to try: - make sure you only have one python because if you have more MySQLdb might have installed on the "wrong" python. - Try installing it from source. It is trivial and it works for me (on MacOS X 10.3.9 and its built-in python). It includes instructions, but it uses the standard distutils dance: - download source - unpack source - use Terminal to "cd" into the unpacked source % python setup.py build % sudo python setup.py install Good luck. -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
