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RenegadeAndy
RenegadeAndy

Reputation: 5690

Python mysqldb on Mac OSX 10.6 not working

I am using Python 2.7 and trying to get a Django project running on a MySQL backend.

I have downloaded mysqldb and followed the guide here:http://cd34.com/blog/programming/python/mysql-python-and-snow-leopard/

Yet when I go to run the django project the following traceback occurs:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/andyarmstrong/Documents/workspace/BroadbandMapper/src/BroadbandMapper/manage.py", line 11, in 
    execute_manager(settings)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 209, in execute
    translation.activate('en-us')
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 66, in activate
    return real_activate(language)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 55, in _curried
    return _curried_func(*(args+moreargs), **dict(kwargs, **morekwargs))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 36, in delayed_loader
    return getattr(trans, real_name)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line 193, in activate
    _active[currentThread()] = translation(language)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line 176, in translation
    default_translation = _fetch(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py", line 159, in _fetch
    app = import_module(appname)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/__init__.py", line 1, in 
    from django.contrib.admin.helpers import ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py", line 1, in 
    from django import forms
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/forms/__init__.py", line 17, in 
    from models import *
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/forms/models.py", line 6, in 
    from django.db import connections
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 77, in 
    connection = connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS]
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 92, in __getitem__
    backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 33, in load_backend
    return import_module('.base', backend_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 14, in 
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: dlopen(/Users/andyarmstrong/.python-eggs/MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.6-x86_64.egg-tmp/_mysql.so, 2): Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.16.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/andyarmstrong/.python-eggs/MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.6-x86_64.egg-tmp/_mysql.so
  Reason: image not found

I have tried the following also:http://whereofwecannotspeak.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/mysqldb-python-module-quirk-in-os-x/ adding a link between the mysql lib directory and somewhere else...

Help!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1600

Answers (2)

Pedro Salgado
Pedro Salgado

Reputation: 846

you needed to add the MySQL client libraries to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Upvotes: 0

RenegadeAndy
RenegadeAndy

Reputation: 5690

I eventually managed to solve the problem by Installing python 2.7 with Mac Ports and installing mysqldb using Mac Ports - was pretty simple after that.

Upvotes: 2

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