Python 3.7, Failed building wheel for MySql-Python

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51117503/python-3-7-failed-building-wheel-for-mysql-python

I am new to python and I am trying django framework that involves some MySql and ran into this error when try to do pip install mysqlclient and down the lines of cmd messages I got this.

   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
    Complete output from command c:users
onanl~1envspy1scriptspython.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\Users\RONANL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-pkbqy3t3\mysqlclient\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('
', '
');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:UsersRONANL~1AppDataLocalTemppip-record-moxwf7luinstall-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers c:users
onanl~1envspy1includesitepython3.7mysqlclient:
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating buildlib.win32-3.7
    copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7
    creating buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdbcompat.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdbconnections.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdbconverters.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdbcursors.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb
elease.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb	imes.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdb
    creating buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstants\__init__.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstantsCLIENT.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstantsCR.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstantsER.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstantsFIELD_TYPE.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstantsFLAG.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    copying MySQLdbconstantsREFRESH.py -> buildlib.win32-3.7MySQLdbconstants
    running build_ext
    building '_mysql' extension
    creating build	emp.win32-3.7
    creating build	emp.win32-3.7Release
    C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017CommunityVCToolsMSVC14.14.26428inHostX86x86cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Dversion_info=(1,3,13,'final',0) -D__version__=1.3.13 "-IC:Program Files (x86)MySQLMySQL Connector C 6.1include" "-Ic:users
onan linaappdatalocalprogramspythonpython37-32include" "-Ic:users
onan linaappdatalocalprogramspythonpython37-32include" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017CommunityVCToolsMSVC14.14.26428ATLMFCinclude" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017CommunityVCToolsMSVC14.14.26428include" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Windows KitsNETFXSDK4.6.1includeum" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10include10.0.17134.0ucrt" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10include10.0.17134.0shared" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10include10.0.17134.0um" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10include10.0.17134.0winrt" "-IC:Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10include10.0.17134.0cppwinrt" /Tc_mysql.c /Fobuild	emp.win32-3.7Release\_mysql.obj /Zl
    _mysql.c
    _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\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.14.26428\bin\HostX86\x86\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
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> Command "c:users
onanl~1envspy1scriptspython.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\Users\RONANL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-pkbqy3t3\mysqlclient\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('
', '
');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:UsersRONANL~1AppDataLocalTemppip-record-moxwf7luinstall-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers c:users
onanl~1envspy1includesitepython3.7mysqlclient" failed with error code 1 in C:UsersRONANL~1AppDataLocalTemppip-install-pkbqy3t3mysqlclient

anyone knows how to fix this ?

python mysql django python-3.x mysql-python

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edited Jun 30 '18 at 20:11

Eugene Primako

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  This might help: stackoverflow.com/a/4290261/747744 – Eugene Primako Jun 30 '18 at 18:51
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  I can’t help with building the wheel for Python 3.7, but if you just want to use Python 3 with mysqlclient, then pip install mysqlclient==1.3.12 With Python 3.6 should install a prebuilt wheel without any issues. – Alasdair Jun 30 '18 at 20:18 
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  You could try this unofficial wheel lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysqlclient – iklinac Jun 30 '18 at 21:07
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  Glad you got it working. It’s best to use the latest 3.6.x, to make sure you get the latest bug and security fixes. – Alasdair Jul 1 '18 at 14:38
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  pip install mysqlclient==1.3.12 helped me.I was in python 3.7, then uninstalled that and installed python 3.6.5. Then that command worked for me – Shamsul Arefin Sajib Aug 5 '18 at 15:56

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I installed the following library on Ubuntu and after that, the issue got resolved.

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

and then I was able to install mysqlclient using the following command

pip install mysqlclient

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currently the mysql-connector for python 3.7 is not available in official wesite but u can fix this issue by installing wheel with specific windows and python version. this solutionpip install (ex/dir)/mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl for win 64-bi and python 3.7

check the link below and download the specific wheel for your system. download and install the wheel for specific version by using "pip install (full path with file name in my case ex:-"pip install C:Users\%user%Downloadsmysqlclient-1.3.13-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl")

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answered Oct 4 '18 at 11:24

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You need to install the following dependencies before installing mysqlclient for python 3.7 in your system.

sudo apt-get install python3.7-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev

I hope this will help you.

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answered May 22 '19 at 7:33

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  worked in ubuntu 19.04 with python 3.7.3 and pip 19.1.1. – aasmpro Jun 1 '19 at 13:08
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  After this I ran this too pip install mysqlclient. – Imran Zahoor Jun 20 '19 at 15:48 

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As of 2019, here is how to run smoothly pip install mysqlclient on MacOS:

brew info openssl and follow the commands at the bottom

  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Other approaches:

• brew install/upgrade/reinstall mysql : did not fix the issue for me, but has the nice side effect to make sure your installation is clean.
• brew install mysql-connector-c : to make that work you have to unlink mysql, which ruins your setup and it did not fix the issue for me.

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answered Jun 27 '19 at 10:37

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You have to install "mysqlclient-1.4.1-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl" (32bit) file

1. Download 32bit file from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysqlclient

2. if your file is in Downloads folder write the command in your cmd

   i. cd C:UsersNour NobyDownloads ["Nour Noby" should be changed ]

   ii. pip install mysqlclient-1.4.1-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl ["mysqlclient-1.4.1-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl" should be replaced with your downloaded filename ].

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answered Feb 21 '19 at 6:43

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ensuring you have had done the needful with python...

and installing on the global level... (not virtual environment)

sudo apt-get install mysql-server pip install --upgrade setuptools

I had come across the same problem, because I installed default Python2.7.15, and python3 would break even after doing the needful for Python (being python2)

something that worked for me was (effectively the last one is what made it work, but i think they were equally required on my virtualenvironment with python3)

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install python3-pymysql
sudo apt-get install python3.6-dev

python3.7 in your case in the virtualenv

I also had to go through..