This is the author again. Of course, 10 minutes after I post a question, I find the solution. (After hours of searching beforehand)
If anyone else has this problem, the solution for me was: edit /etc/ld.so.conf add the line: /usr/local/mysql/lib then run /etc/ldconfig Fixed the problem right up. No idea why or how this worked, but everything is working now. NoCleverName wrote: > > So I'm having an issue getting Django to work with MySQL. After I log > into my Django site, I get the following error: > > ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: > libmysqlclient_r.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > directory > > The error is being thrown from > site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py line 13. > > Unlike a lot of similar posts on the message board (I have searched), I > have MySQLdb installed. The lines in question are just 'import MySQLdb as > Database' and the associated try/catch throwing the error. When I run > python from a command line and type 'import MySQLdb' it imports just fine. > I added to to the root's .bash_profile and the .bashrc of the 'mysql' > user. The file definitely exists (in /usr/local/mysql/lib) > > I used the variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the two profiles to make the > 'import MySQLdb' statement work, is that the correct environment variable? > > As a note, I installed mysql from the .tar.gz files and MySQLpython from > the .tar.gz files as well. I can't use any sort of package manager to > install this stuff. > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-loading-MySQLdb-module%3A-libmysqlclient_r.so.16---Help-please-tp24014308p24014469.html Sent from the django-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
