MySQL-python not loading properly in Ubuntu 16.04

[bethac07]

From the forum:

I’ve tried to install the nightly version on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (cellprofiler 3.0.0rc2 from the git hub site). It installs fine, saying that all the requirements are already satisfied. But when I try to run it, I’m getting:

system > cellprofiler
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/anja/.local/bin/cellprofiler”, line 5, in 
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py”, line 2927, in 
@_call_aside
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py”, line 2913, in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py”, line 2940, in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py”, line 635, in _build_master
ws.require(requires)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py”, line 943, in require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py”, line 829, in resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The ‘MySQL-python’ distribution was not found and is required by CellProfiler

However, the distribution is already installed:

sudo pip install mysql-python
Requirement already satisfied: mysql-python in /home/anja/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

The installation from source worked fine for version 2.2.0. What am I missing?

I've asked her to try pulling and running from the newest version and to keep an eye on this thread, FWIW.

[0x00b1]

Unlike most packages, MySQL-python requires a number of binaries and does not make a Python Wheel available on PyPI. I would recommend trying to install mysqlclient-dev:

$ sudo apt install libmysqlclient-dev

[anou85]

Hi, the lib was already installed...

[AetherUnbound]

You may need to install python-mysqldb through apt instead (see the comments): https://stackoverflow.com/a/5178698/3277713

[mcquin]

@anou85 did installing python-mysqldb resolve this issue?

[anou85]

@mcquin no, I dropped this version and continued with 2.2.0. I managed a few days ago to install the 3.0.0 from master, but ran into some other issues [https://github.com//issues/3492] (#3492 )

[AetherUnbound]

@anou85 I'm going to close this issue then, but we'll continue looking into your other issue