File Content: README.md # mysqlclient [](http://travis-ci.org/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python) This is a fork of [MySQLdb1](https://github.com/farcepest/MySQLdb1). This project adds Python 3 support and bug fixes. I hope this fork is merged back to MySQLdb1 like distribute was merged back to setuptools. ## Install ### Prerequisites You may need to install the Python and MySQL development headers and libraries like so: * `sudo apt-get install python-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev` # Debian / Ubuntu * `sudo yum install python-devel mysql-devel` # Red Hat / CentOS * `brew install mysql-client` # macOS (Homebrew) On Windows, there are binary wheels you can install without MySQLConnector/C or MSVC. #### Note on Python 3 : if you are using python3 then you need to install python3-dev using the following command : `sudo apt-get install python3-dev` # debian / Ubuntu `sudo yum install python3-devel ` # Red Hat / CentOS ### Install from PyPI `pip install mysqlclient` NOTE: Wheels for Windows may be not released with source package. You should pin version in your `requirements.txt` to avoid trying to install newest source package. ### Install from source 1. Download source by `git clone` or [zipfile](https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python/archive/master.zip). 2. Customize `site.cfg` 3. `python setup.py install` ### Documentation Documentation is hosted on [Read The Docs](https://mysqlclient.readthedocs.io/) Submit