Mac OS X install: not found for -lmysql

[Bob Swerdlow]

On Mac OS X 10.6, with python 2.7, I get an error when trying to install:

~/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.3 $python setup.py build

running build

running build_py

copying MySQLdb/release.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.6-intel-2.7/MySQLdb

running build_ext

building '_mysql' extension

/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g
-O3 -Dversion_info=(1,2,3,'final',0) -Dversion=1.2.3
-I/usr/local/mysql/include
-I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c
_mysql.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.6-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -Os -arch i386 -fno-
common

/var/folders/DX/DXNjtYfhGGWFsBwqkxUEf++++TI/-Tmp-//ccl5C6Gp.s:unknown:FATAL:ca
n't create output file: build/temp.macosx-10.6-intel-2.7/_mysql.o

error: command '/usr/bin/gcc-4.0' failed with exit status 1

~/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.3 $

I can't find any help on how to fix this. Thanks for responding!

[Anonymous]

I had the same problem, and could not find a solution either.

Mac OS 10.6 (clean install) has no support any more for gcc-4.0. However, it
has gcc-4.2 installed. A dirty solution to this problem is:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 /usr/bin/gcc-4.0

After that, install MySQL-python 1.2.3 by

python setup.py build

python setup.py install

Now, to clean our dirt we have to delete the symbolic link

sudo rm /usr/bin/gcc-4.0

HTH