Problem installing mysqlclient for Django project (macOS)-CodePudding

When connecting my Django project to a database hosted on a remote VM, when I run python3 manage.py run server I get the error

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module.
Did you install mysqlclient?

when I try python3 -m pip install mysqlclient to resolve the dependency, I get the error

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement mysqlclient (from versions: 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11rc1, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.13, 1.3.14, 1.4.0rc1, 1.4.0rc2, 1.4.0rc3, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.2.post1, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for mysqlclient

I'd like to understand what is causing these issues and how to resolve it.

Thanks in advance!

CodePudding user response：

I got it to work! For anyone facing the same issues run brew install mysql then try python3 manage.py runserver

CodePudding user response：

For what it's worth, you might try installing the mysql-connector-c first. It seems heavy-handed to have to install MySQL to use a driver.

From: How to install Python MySQLdb module using pip?

Mac OS brew install mysql-connector-c

if that fails, try brew install mysql