Import error :No module named MYSQLdb

Solution 1:

You have to install the module with:

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

Reference: This thread on SO

Solution 2:

sudo apt install libmysqlclient-dev then

• for python 2.x:

  pip install mysql-python

• for python 3.x:

  pip install mysqlclient or pip3 install mysqlclient

Solution 3:

Unfortunately MySQLdb does not support Python 3.

You basically have two options:

1. Run your script using python2.7, that way you won't need to change the MySQL module. The downside is that you'll probably have to convert some code to python2.x.

2. Look for python3.x supported modules as explained here: Python 3.4.0 with MySQL database.