Installing Python-mysql With Wamp's Mysql

(I'm not sure if this should be asked here or SU.. but seeing this question on SO, I am asking it here...) I have wamp (mysql-5.1.33) server setup on my vista machine, and I am try

Solution 1:

The reason is msvc9compiler.py in Python26\Lib\distutils don't analyse VC version properly. You can check find_vcvarsall(version) in msvc9compiler.py yourself: it always turns version = 9, means VC9(2008) will work, but never VC8(2005). The awkward way to compile something using setup.py with VC8 is make version = 8 manually in the function above, after build and install recover it to old.

Solution 2:

You can use a precompiled binary available at sourceforge page of mysql-python. The version 1.2.2 has the binary installer for python2.4 and python2.5

If you are searching for python2.6 binaries, find it here - http://www.codegood.com/archives/4

Solution 3:

It is looking for the Microsoft Visual Studio compiler to take care of some (presumably) C libraries.

You need to install Visual Studio, or perhaps MINGW.