Install mysqlclient(Python package) on macOS

install-mysqlclient-on-macos.md

Try this first.

brew install mysql-connector-c
sudo pip install MySQL-python

If fail then try below.

brew unlink mysql
brew install mysql-connector-c

vi /usr/local/bin/mysql_config

Found a line with libs="$libs -l" replace it by

libs="$libs -lmysqlclient -lssl -lcrypto"

pip install mysqlclient

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brew reinstall mysql-connector-c

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig"

source .bash_profile

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