Apple M1 Python2 install Django 1.8 envs

-- Disable SIP (csrutil disable)
   ref: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2023

-- Run SHELL as x86_64 mode
arch -x86_64 $SHELL
   ref: https://sspai.com/post/63935

-- uninstall arm 64 brew (if needed)
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"

-- install x86_64 brew
https://brew.sh/
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

which brew
/usr/local/bin/brew -> x86_64
/opt/homebrew/bin/brew -> arm

-- uninstall x86_64 mysql (if needed)
#Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.20.dylib
brew services stop mysql
brew uninstall --force mysql
rm -R /usr/local/var/mysql
brew install mysql@5.7
brew services start mysql@5.7
brew link mysql@5.7 --force

-- uninstall arm mysql (if needed)
brew uninstall mysql

-- install x86_64 mysql
arch -x86_64 brew install mysql@5.7

-- install pip (if needed)
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py

-- install python envs
mkdir -p ~/workspace/envs;
cd ~/workspace/envs;arch -x86_64 virtualenv -p $(which python) misv2
cd ~/workspace/envs;source ./misv2/bin/activate;cd ~/workspace/misv2
arch -x86_64 $(which python) -m pip install -r requirement.txt

-- x86_64 brew compile MySQL-python driver
env LDFLAGS="-L$(/usr/local/bin/brew --prefix openssl)/lib" CFLAGS="-I$(/usr/local/bin/brew --prefix openssl)/include"
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib arch -x86_64 $(which python) -m pip install MySQL-python==1.2.5
ref: https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient/issues/131

-- run django
arch -x86_64 python manage.py runserver

Thanks for this gist. One suggestion though, instead of using arch -x86_64 one can simply run the bash in Rosetta.

One suggestion though, instead of using arch -x86_64 one can simply run the bash in Rosetta.

That's what arch -x86_64 does. Perhaps you meant "run the bash in a Rosetta (intel) instance of the Terminal"?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63975881/cant-install-mysqlclient-on-mac/68052339#68052339

Solve the problem that the underlying system platform does not support