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    <p>Okay I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04</p> <p>Only to be faced by a lot of problems. I am a newbie at this so you might have to tell me in a little more detail or step-by-step</p> <p>I had a django project that was working perfectly but now it gives me this error :</p> <pre><code> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 16, in &lt;module&gt; raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e) django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: libmysqlclient_r.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory </code></pre> <p>or in python :</p> <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import MySQLdb Traceback (most recent call last): File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt; File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 19, in &lt;module&gt; File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/_mysql.py", line 7, in &lt;module&gt; File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/_mysql.py", line 6, in __bootstrap__ ImportError: libmysqlclient_r.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory </code></pre> <p>Anyways I thought there was some problem with my MySQL-python so I tried re-installing it.</p> <pre><code>sudo pip install mysql-python </code></pre> <p>gives :</p> <pre><code>Downloading/unpacking mysql-python Running setup.py egg_info for package mysql-python The required version of distribute (&gt;=0.6.28) is not available, and can't be installed while this script is running. Please install a more recent version first, using 'easy_install -U distribute'. (Currently using distribute 0.6.24dev-r0 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages)) Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: The required version of distribute (&gt;=0.6.28) is not available, and can't be installed while this script is running. Please install a more recent version first, using 'easy_install -U distribute'. (Currently using distribute 0.6.24dev-r0 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages)) ---------------------------------------- Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 2 in /tmp/pip-build/mysql-python Storing complete log in /home/nabeel/.pip/pip.log </code></pre> <p>If I do :</p> <pre><code>sudo easy_install -U distribute </code></pre> <p>It gives this error :</p> <pre><code>Searching for distribute Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/distribute/ Reading http://packages.python.org/distribute Best match: distribute 0.6.29 Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.29.tar.gz#md5=1aad767bfca8bebaccafee25f85696cf Processing distribute-0.6.29.tar.gz Running distribute-0.6.29/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-K8ZuMX/distribute-0.6.29/egg-dist-tmp-Fj0gj_ Before install bootstrap. Scanning installed packages Setuptools installation detected at /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg Egg installation Patching... Renaming /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg.OLD.1350776909.4 Patching complete. Relaunching... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/easy_install", line 9, in &lt;module&gt; load_entry_point('distribute==0.6.8', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1708, in main with_ei_usage(lambda: File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1696, in with_ei_usage return f() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1712, in &lt;lambda&gt; distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 236, in run self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 471, in easy_install return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 501, in install_item dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 680, in install_eggs return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 957, in build_and_install self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 946, in run_setup run_setup(setup_script, args) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in run_setup lambda: execfile( File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 70, in run return func() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 31, in &lt;lambda&gt; {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'} File "setup.py", line 131, in &lt;module&gt; File "/tmp/easy_install-K8ZuMX/distribute-0.6.29/distribute_setup.py", line 368, in _before_install File "/tmp/easy_install-K8ZuMX/distribute-0.6.29/distribute_setup.py", line 441, in _fake_setuptools File "/tmp/easy_install-K8ZuMX/distribute-0.6.29/distribute_setup.py", line 450, in _relaunch NameError: global name '_cmd1' is not defined </code></pre> <p>Again now I have gone to this link : <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.6c11" rel="noreferrer">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.6c11</a> to download and install setuptools.. I have also installed the latest distribute 0.6.8 from here : <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute/0.6.8" rel="noreferrer">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute/0.6.8</a></p> <p>I have also tried uninstalling the previous versions and installing back but it doesn't seems to work. I have got Python 2.7.3 installed</p> <p>Could someone please explain to me what is going on... How I can install Mysqldb...</p> <p>I have also ran these commands on shell :</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client python-mysqldb libmysqlclient-dev python-dev </code></pre> <p>But it didn't help ...</p> <p><strong>UPDATE I JUST DID THIS AND GOT THIS ERROR :</strong></p> <pre><code>nabeel@nabeel-pc:~$ pip uninstall setuptools Uninstalling distribute: /usr/bin/easy_install /usr/bin/easy_install-2.7 /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.24dev_r0.egg-info /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/easy_install.pyc /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.pyc /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/site.pyc /usr/share/pyshared/easy_install.py /usr/share/pyshared/pkg_resources.py /usr/share/pyshared/site.py Proceed (y/n)? y Successfully uninstalled distribute nabeel@nabeel-pc:~$ sudo easy_install -U distribute Searching for distribute Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/distribute/ Reading http://packages.python.org/distribute Best match: distribute 0.6.29 Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.29.tar.gz#md5=1aad767bfca8bebaccafee25f85696cf Processing distribute-0.6.29.tar.gz Running distribute-0.6.29/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-Xcer8d/distribute-0.6.29/egg-dist-tmp-K0E7gP Before install bootstrap. Scanning installed packages Setuptools installation detected at /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg Egg installation Already patched. After install bootstrap. Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg-info Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools.pth Removing distribute 0.6.8 from easy-install.pth file Adding distribute 0.6.29 to easy-install.pth file Installing easy_install script to /usr/local/bin Installing easy_install-2.7 script to /usr/local/bin Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.29-py2.7.egg Processing dependencies for distribute Finished processing dependencies for distribute nabeel@nabeel-pc:~$ sudo pip install mysql-python Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 5, in &lt;module&gt; from pkg_resources import load_entry_point ImportError: No module named pkg_resources </code></pre> <p><strong>UPDATE 2 :</strong> I have managed to install virtualenv now in the environment I have also managed to install MySQLdb. Here's theh error I get while running my server :</p> <pre><code>sudo python manage.py syncdb </code></pre> <p>I get this error:</p> <pre><code> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 16, in &lt;module&gt; raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e) django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: libmysqlclient_r.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (myenv)nabeel@nabeel-pc:~/workspace/gteam/metrics$ python Python 2.7.3 (default, Oct 6 2012, 21:57:36) [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. &gt;&gt;&gt; import MySQLdb &gt;&gt;&gt; exit() </code></pre>
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