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authorJoseph Turian <turian@gmail.com>2010-02-07 21:52:58 -0500
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easy_install virtualenv
easy_install pip
-* Install mysql-python system-wide, because we can't install it with pip
- sudo easy_install mysql-python
- or
- sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
-
- For more information about why pip can't automatically install the
- MySQL driver, see this message:
- http://groups.google.com/group/python-virtualenv/msg/ea988085951c92b3
+* Install MySQL:
+ sudo apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server
* Install sphinxsearch. See:
[optional]
@@ -28,3 +22,10 @@ the source directory]
* Start your environment:
source ~/env/bin/activate
+
+* Install mysql-python into your virtualenv, because we can't
+automagically install it with pip:
+ easy_install --prefix ~/env/ mysql-python
+
+For more information about why pip can't automatically install the
+MySQL driver, see this message: http://groups.google.com/group/python-virtualenv/msg/ea988085951c92b3