This page is a set of instructions for building mysql-python version 1.2.1_p2 for running on Ubuntu 6.06. The default version of mysql-python in the repository for Ubuntu 6.06 does NOt work with Sycamore. Since Ubuntu 6.06 is set for long term support, it may be a wise choice in many situations to manually build and install mysql-python that works, rather than upgrade to Ubuntu 6.10.]
Requirements
Currently, there are no instructions on this page for getting the requirements, however here is the list of packages required to build mysql-python version 1.2.1_p2.
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apt-get
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gcc
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subverion
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zlibc
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libmysqlclient-dev (should autoresolve to lastest version, Z.b. mysqlclient15-dev)
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python-devel
Checkout source code
Use SVN to checkout the code for mysql-python version 1.2.1_p2. The command should be
sudo svn co https://mysql-python.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mysql-python/tags/MySQLdb-1.2.1_p2 DEST_DIRWhere DEST_DIR is the directory you would like the package to go into on the local machine.
Build and install
Delete sets.py from your MySQLdb installation to avoid the error that has the message ImportError: cannot import name ImmutableSet . You can see details on that at ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
django wiki.
Move to the project compile directory, and run sudo python setup.py build if/when that is successful, then run sudo python setup.py install
Done
Great, now you have built mysql-python version 1.2.1_p2, and can continue your Sycamore install
