Reputation: 53
What is the difference between pip's mysql-python and apt-get's python-mysqldb?
$ pip search mysql-python
MySQL-python - Python interface to MySQL
And:
$ apt-cache search python-mysqldb
python-mysqldb - Python interface to MySQL
Upvotes: 3
Views: 1657
Reputation: 276
pip should get you the newest version of mysql-python which is available for the version of python that you're using from the pip repository.
Apt will give you the mysql-python version that is deemed "stable" by the debian, or ubuntu repository managers.
The functionality (or security) of the packages could be different based on version differences.
The benefit of using pip install mysql-python, is that you can be using virtualenv and have the specific version installed for that package or framework.
Upvotes: 1