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Do I need to install MySQL server before installing Askbot?
 
   
  
 
 
I am a little confused when reading Askbot installation doc.
 
It implies that we don't need to install MySQL server on the box, doesn't Askbot need a DB backend?
 
Thanks,
 
(Similar questions go to Apache server, and mod_wsgi modules)
 
What I have done is show below
 
#sudo python setup.py develop
 
#askbot-setup
 
#sudo pip install mysql-python
 
Here is the error message I got
 
vagrant@askbot:~/askbot$ sudo pip install mysql-python
Downloading/unpacking mysql-python
  Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip (108kB): 108kB downloaded
  Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/mysql-python/setup.py) egg_info for package mysql-python
    sh: 1: mysql_config: not found
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip_build_root/mysql-python/setup.py", line 17, in <module>
        metadata, options = get_config()
      File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
        libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
      File "setup_posix.py", line 25, in mysql_config
        raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
    EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    sh: 1: mysql_config: not found</module></module></string>
 
Traceback (most recent call last):
 
File "<string>", line 17, in <module></module></string>
 
File "/tmp/pip_build_root/mysql-python/setup.py", line 17, in <module></module>
 
metadata, options = get_config()

 
File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
 
libs = mysql_config("libs_r")

 
File "setup_posix.py", line 25, in mysql_config
 
raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))

 
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
 
 
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/mysql-python
Storing debug log for failure in /home/vagrant/.pip/pip.log
 
 
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The fix for the error message you mention is to install the libmysqlclient-dev package using apt (assuming you're using Debian/Ubuntu):
 
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

 
Then try installing mysql-python again:
 
sudo pip install mysql-python

 
 
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Askbot needs a database, for the production - preferrably - postgresql. Sqlite makes it the easiest to just try the software out.
 
For the production it will also be necessary to have a webserver, cache backend, but to just try out - it's enough to use the django's builtin runserver and the "locmem" cache backend.
 
 
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Evgeny,

I want to use it as my internal Q&A site. But I got a lot of error during the installation process, which I add in the main question to show why I have the question at the first place.
 
 
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Use sqlite then - it is a library that comes with python - please look up the django administraton on this topic.
 
 
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Even I have got the same problem, i need a solution too..
 
 
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Hello, please try the suggestion of Flyte - make sure that MySQL is installed. However Postgres is much better. You should probably delete your answer as it's not really an answer.
 
 
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