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EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
 
   
  
 
 
I'm getting this error upon installation using either easy_install or setup.py
 
 
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Based on what I found by googling the title of your question - you might need to install libmysql-dev package.
 
If you are on centos then you can try:
 
yum install libmysql-dev

 
On ubuntu:
 
apt-get install libmysql-dev

 
You are right - a better manual for the pre-requisite installation would be great.
 
 
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        On recent Ubuntu versions the package libmysql-dev is not a valid choice anymore. Trying to install it on Ubuntu 11.04 I get this: unable to locate package libmysql-dev.

In my case the EnvironmentError has gone installing libmysqlclient16-dev.
      
 
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