Install mysql support for python on linux ubuntu

to add the MySQL database support on Linux Ubuntu use the following command :

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

and to import this module into your scripts use this command :

me2resh@me2resh-desktop:~/Desktop/MySQL-python-1.2.2$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52) 
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import MySQLdb
>>>

and enjoy the power of MySQL in your python applications ;)

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