I know there is about 5 million questions on this, but I have tried for days the solutions posted and still cant figure it out. After running python manage.py runserver in terminal for Django, I get this message:
Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method Command.inner_run of <django.contrib.staticfiles.management.commands.runserver.Command object at 0x143c290>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 91, in inner_run
self.validate(display_num_errors=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 266, in validate
num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/validation.py", line 23, in get_validation_errors
from django.db import models, connection
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
backend = load_backend(connection.settings_dict['ENGINE'])
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 34, in __getattr__
return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 92, in __getitem__
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 24, in load_backend
return import_module('.base', backend_name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 16, in <module>
raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb
I have already done the normal fixes including opening the site.cfg file within the pythonmysql converter and uncommenting mysql_config = /usr/local/bin/mysql_config. Does anyone have any last minute advice before I throw my computer against the wall?
I spent a good few days trying to get Django and MySQL to play nicely together the other week. I finally managed to get it sorted with the help of this guide:
http://criticus-ua.tumblr.com/post/33260391135/setting-up-django-with-mysql-on-mac-os-x-lion
It's makes use of Homebrew which in my opinion is a great OSX package manager