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Juris Program - 2005-06-10

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.

I don't understand why my install attempts aren't working?

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:

Download MySQL-python-1.2.0.tar.gz from project page into my home directory
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python

tar xvzf MySQL-python-1.2.0.tar.gz

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

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
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- Andy Dustman - 2005-06-10
  
  It's not finding the MySQL development headers. You have an old version of MySQL where mysql_config returns bad values for --include. Note that single quotes in -l'/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql'
  
  How to work around this in setup.py:
  
  include_dirs = [ '/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql' ]
  
  sometime before setup() is called.
  
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- Juris Program - 2005-06-10
  
  I added the line so now that section of setup.py looks like this:
  include_dirs = [ d for d in include_dirs if os.path.isdir(d) ]
  library_dirs = [ d for d in library_dirs if os.path.isdir(d) ]
  include_dirs = ['/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql']
  
  I tried running it again and got these results:
  
  >> 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/mysql/include/mysql -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: In function _mysql_server_init': _mysql.c:187: warning: unused variableitem'
  _mysql.c:186: warning: unused variable groupc' _mysql.c:186: warning: unused variablei'
  _mysql.c:186: warning: unused variable cmd_argc' _mysql.c:185: warning: unused variables'
  _mysql.c:262: warning: label finish' defined but not used _mysql.c: At top level: _mysql.c:172: warning:_mysql_server_initdoc' defined but not used
  _mysql.c:267: warning: `_mysql_server_enddoc' defined but not used
  gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.o -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm] -lmysqlclient_r -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.so
  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  
  >> python2.4 setup.py install --home=~
  running install
  running build
  running build_py
  running build_ext
  building '_mysql' extension
  gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.o -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm] -lmysqlclient_r -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.so
  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  
  Do I maybe need a special build process since I only have limited access to most of the system beyond my home directory?
  
  -Greg
  
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  - Andy Dustman - 2005-06-10
    
    For some reason, your link line has both -lmysqlclient and -lmysqlclient_r. Only one is needed. Anyway, I don't think install will work in your case, unless you are using a Python installation in your own home directory.. You'll probably need to do setup.py bdist, and then unpack the resulting tarball someplace where Python can find it.
    
    Ah, I also see you have -lm] in your link line. That's an indication that mysql_config has failed in some interesting way. That problem should be fixed in 1.2.1c1.
    
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- Juris Program - 2005-06-10
  
  How do I get 1.2.1c1, or is it not released yet?
  
  What does bdist do, how will it help? I looked it up in the python docs but I didn't understand it.
  
  Thanks again,
  
  Greg
  
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  - Andy Dustman - 2005-06-10
    
    https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22307&package_id=34790&release_id=326734
    
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- Juris Program - 2005-06-13
  
  I installed 1.2.1c1 but I'm still having trouble. I tried the bdist command. Below are the results. I do want to install this in my home directory.
  
  Below I tried setup.py build, setup.py install --home=~ and finally setup.py bdist:
  
  [gpinero@intel1 MySQL-python-1.2.1c3]$ python2.4 setup.py build
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.4
  copying _mysql_exceptions.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/init.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/converters.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/connections.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/cursors.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/sets.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/times.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/stringtimes.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/mxdatetimes.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  copying MySQLdb/pytimes.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/init.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/CR.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/ER.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/REFRESH.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  copying MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/MySQLdb/constants
  running build_ext
  building '_mysql' extension
  creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.4
  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
  [gpinero@intel1 MySQL-python-1.2.1c3]$ 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
  [gpinero@intel1 MySQL-python-1.2.1c3]$ python2.4 setup.py bdist
  running bdist
  running bdist_dumb
  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
  
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- Juris Program - 2005-06-15
  
  Hey guys,
  
  I'm still working on this. I started a thread over at the python lists, and they have a few ideas, none have worked yet though.
  
  http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d34d658b6e77d5d1/8e70d096817c9dd8?q=%22%2Fusr%2Fbin%2Fld:+cannot+find+-lmysqlclient_r%22&rnum=1&hl=en#8e70d096817c9dd8
  
  I'm really running out of ideas though.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Greg
  
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  - Andy Dustman - 2005-06-15
    
    Did you try 1.2.1c3?
    
    Did you try setting the environment variable mysqlclient=mysqlclient? This is in README.
    
    Do you have either libmysqlclient.so or libmysqlclient_r.so on your system? If you only have libmysqlclient.(_r).a, then you should set the environment variable mysqlstatic=True. If you don't have that, then your system does not have the necessary libraries installed.
    
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- Juris Program - 2005-06-15
  
  Do I do all of this in setup.py? I'll look at the readme again.
  
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- Juris Program - 2005-06-16
  
  Thanks! That worked. I just did the two export commands to set my env variables:
  (I guess that's in addition to all the other things I did)
  
  $export mysqlclient=mysqlclient
  $export mysqlstatic=True
  
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