Hey guys, I'm trying to install the MySQLDB API at my web host. I only have limited permissions on the system so I want to install it in my home directory. I'm having a lot of trouble though.
My first question is if there is anything built into python as far as a Database API that will work with MySQL. It seems like there should be because Python without it is kinda useless for web development. If there is then I'd probably prefer to use that instead. My next question is, any idea why my install attempts below don't work? Here's my system info: >>> print sys.version 2.4.1 (#1, Jun 6 2005, 13:31:05) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-112.7.2)] Here are the steps I've taken trying to install it: 1. Download MySQL-python-1.2.0.tar.gz from project page into my home directory http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python 2. tar xvzf MySQL-python-1.2.0.tar.gz 3. Do these commands: >> cd MySQL-python-1.2.0 >> python2.4 setup.py install --home=~ running install running build running build_py running build_ext building '_mysql' extension gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.4 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.o -I'/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql' _mysql.c:41:19: mysql.h: No such file or directory _mysql.c:42:26: mysqld_error.h: No such file or directory _mysql.c:43:20: errmsg.h: No such file or directory error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 4. I also tried running build: >> python2.4 setup.py build running build running build_py running build_ext building '_mysql' extension gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.4 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.o -I'/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql' _mysql.c:41:19: mysql.h: No such file or directory _mysql.c:42:26: mysqld_error.h: No such file or directory _mysql.c:43:20: errmsg.h: No such file or directory error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 (I don't know if I need to run build first or what) I found some help on http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html but I don't really understand what it's talking about. I also read the README file in the download but it didn't help either. Any ideas would be greatly appriciated. Thanks, Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
