How do you install mysql-connector-python (development version) through pip?

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31748278/how-do-you-install-mysql-connector-python-development-version-through-pip/34027037#34027037   I have a virtualenv in which I am running Django 1.8 with Python 3.4 I am trying to get support for MySQL however I am having trouble getting the different connectors to work. I have always used mysql-connector-python with django 1.7 and would like to continue using it. The development version of mysql-connector-python (2.1.2) seems to have support for Django 1.8 now. How do I install the development version using pip install (within my virtualenv)? I have tried running the following command: pip install mysql-connector-python==2.1.2 --allow-external mysql-connector-python but the 2.1.2 developer version is not available there: could not find a version that satisfies the requirement mysql-connector-python==2.1.2 (from versions: 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4) Some insecure and unverifiable files were ignored (use --allow-unverified mysql-connector-python to allow). No matching distribution found for mysql-connector-python==2.1.2 I have tried downloading the file directly from: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/ ...but for some reason after installation the connector is not available within my virtualenv Help please :-) Thank you. ‘ EDIT: I have tried  pip install mysql-python but it is not supported by Python 3.4 python mysql django     share|improve this question edited Jul 31 ‘15 at 15:08                 asked Jul 31 ‘15 at 14:11          Aivoric         3962515

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I agree, the debian packages appear to be broken for at least Ubuntu 14.04. The apt-get version and the pip version do not include the 2.1.x releases. To get it done, I had to grab the source: $ git clone https://github.com/mysql/mysql-connector-python.git $ cd mysql-connector-python $ python ./setup.py build $ sudo python ./setup.py install ... >>> import mysql.connector as msc >>> msc.__version__ ‘2.1.3‘ >>>