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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:17:15 -0500
Subject: Re: Error Importing MySQLdb
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On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:37 PM, David George <dgeorge@daviddgeorge.com> wrote:
> Hello there,
> I have been trying for awhile now to get MySQLdb working. I am currently
> getting this error when trying to import it:
>
>>>> import MySQLdb
>
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File
> "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/MySQLdb/init.py", line 19, in File
> "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/_mysql.py", line 7, in File
> "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/_mysql.py", line 6, in bootstrap
> ImportError:
> dlopen(/Users/username/.python-eggs/MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg-tmp/_mysql.so,
> 2): Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib Referenced
> from:
> /Users/username/.python-eggs/MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.7-macosx-10.7-intel.egg-tmp/_mysql.so
> Reason: image not found
>
> Anyone know what I need to do in order to correct these errors.
>
> Thanks

MySQLdb is having trouble loading the MySQL client library. Since I
assume MySQL is installed, my best guess is that you have an
architecture problem. Your Python is probably running in 64-bit mode.
Do you have a 64-bit MySQL install? The "file" command will tell you
which architectures are in a binary if you're unsure.