Assume that you already have Python installed. 1. Install XAMPP for MAC http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/ As it is a dmg file, it should be easy to be installed. 2. Now you need to install MySQLdb package for Python a. Download the lastest module of MySQLdb here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/files/latest/download b. Extract it to your prefered location. Notice: You might need to change site.cfg according to your mysql_config path. See the next step c. Setup your path Because you need to setup /bin and /lib folder of XAMPP's MySQL. So, let prepare your $PATH variable. > Edit your ~/.bash_profile ( or ~/.profile) by adding the following lines: export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib export PATH=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/:$PATH Notice: if you are not using XAMPP, you should edit above PATH by your mysql equivalent path. for example /usr/local/mysql/lib and /usr/local/mysql/bin Notice: About site.cfg(in y
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