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   python -m pip install mysqlclient

I needed Visual C++ 2015, but I had them cuz my text editors is VSCode. I uninstalled VSCode, installed Visual Studio Build Tools, and I am getting this errors whenever I do python -m pip install mysqlclient .One, cl.exe wasnt added to my path, so I did, but it still says

 error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
so I downloaded the wheel package for windows, as some other stackoverflow answer said. Whenever I run it, I get
I tried downloading Python 64 bits downloading the wheels, adding cl.exe to path.
Collecting mysqlclient
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4d/38/c5f8bac9c50f3042c8f05615f84206f77f03db79781db841898fde1bb284/mysqlclient-1.4.4.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: mysqlclient
  Building wheel for mysqlclient (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-o3ba369p' --python-tag cp37
       cwd: C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\mysqlclient\
  Complete output (30 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\compat.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
  running build_ext
  building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Dversion_info=(1,4,4,'final',0) -D__version__=1.4.4 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.1\include\mariadb" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" /TcMySQLdb/_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb/_mysql.obj /Zl /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
  _mysql.c
  MySQLdb/_mysql.c(29): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
  error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for mysqlclient
  Running setup.py clean for mysqlclient
Failed to build mysqlclient
Installing collected packages: mysqlclient
  Running setup.py install for mysqlclient ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-nk0ejlkz\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
         cwd: C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\mysqlclient\
    Complete output (30 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\compat.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\connections.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\converters.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\cursors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    copying MySQLdb\times.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\CLIENT.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\CR.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\ER.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\FIELD_TYPE.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    copying MySQLdb\constants\FLAG.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\MySQLdb\constants
    running build_ext
    building 'MySQLdb._mysql' extension
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Dversion_info=(1,4,4,'final',0) -D__version__=1.4.4 "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector C 6.1\include\mariadb" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Python\include" /TcMySQLdb/_mysql.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.7\Release\MySQLdb/_mysql.obj /Zl /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
    _mysql.c
    MySQLdb/_mysql.c(29): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
    error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Patrik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0vmm7fdx\\mysqlclient\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\Patrik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-nk0ejlkz\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.
It should just work and the package mysqlclient just be installed using pip so I can use it with django.
There isn't an official wheel for the current release 1.4.4, and you are getting errors when you try to install from source.
Since you use 64-bit Python on Windows, you could install 1.4.2.post1, because there is an official wheel for that version.
python -m pip install mysqlclient==1.4.2.post1
Or, you could download an unofficial wheel from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysqlclient, which has wheels for the latest release for 32-bit and 64-bit Python on Windows. Unless you have a particular reason to use 32-bit Python, I suggest you use 64-bit.
For example, you could download mysqlclient‑1.4.4‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl (Python 3.7 64-bit for Windows) then do:
python -m pip install mysqlclient‑1.4.4‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl
                OH.MY.GOD.Thank you.It took me 6 hours and nobody told me, it ran instantly.Thank you.Now I can finally run databases.
– StorMy
                Aug 15, 2019 at 12:30
                Additionally, DO NOT RUN "pip install ~" WITH VIRTUALENV. with virtualenv, I got errors for a hour. However, global installation succeed clearly.
– Jay Lim
                Apr 22, 2020 at 6:55
                @JayLim I’m not sure why you had problems with the virtual env. Perhaps using python -m pip install would have worked. In general, it’s a good practice to use a virtual env, so I wouldn’t advise installing packages globally.
– Alasdair
                Apr 22, 2020 at 7:33
                I just discovered that this link is now broken.  I have relied on it for years.  Any idea what happened and if it is hosted elsewhere now?
– kloddant
                May 31 at 17:05
I had a similar situation, and i did this:
sudo apt-get install python3-dev libmysqlclient-dev
afterward,  inside a virtual environment:
pip3 install mysqlclient
and that was because, i had another problem with the instalation of:
pip3 install flask-mysqldb
                @AliAref, if you're using this import in settings.py that will be counted after init.py. The reason to use this import in init.py is that the init.py file works as a constructor in the relative module.
– Muhammad Afzaal
                Jan 24 at 11:56
FWIW: I also faced this problem on a macOS, with the error:
ld: library not found for -lssl
    clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
    error: command 'xcrun' failed with exit status 1
A solution (borrowed from this related post) that worked for me was to fix the brew-installed openssl linking:
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
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