[FIXED] Cannot install flask-mysqldb

Issue

I've been trying to install flask-mysqldb using pip install flask-mysqldb, but every time I try it gives me an error that says :

error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.14.26428\bin\HostX86\x86\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

I've looked around a lot and no answer works for me. I searched the file in https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ but its not there.

I am on Windows 7 x64.

Solution

Of course you can not find whl for flask-mysqldb, but you can find mysqlclient.

Download suitable version for you platform from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysqlclient

Then, e.g. pip install mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl, depends what you download.

Finally, pip install flask-mysqldb again, this will work for you.

Answered By - atline