Mac OS X Lion pythonmysql installation configuration record

Mac OS X Lion with Python 2.7.

1. Install Xcode 4.1 via the App Store
2. The official download MySQL for Mac X64,mysqlpython;
3.mysql for Mac has dmg format, download and double-click to install;
4. Configure/etc/paths, add/usr/local/mysql/bin;
5. Open the terminal program to perform sudo ln-s/usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib
6. Decompression Mysqlpython, open terminal, Mysqlpython extract directory, execute:
sudo python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
7. Verify that the compilation is installed correctly, enter Python, proceed to the Python command line, and execute the following command:
>>> Import MySQLdb
>>> mysqldb.__version__
' 1.2.3′
>>>
8. If you can return the Pythonmysql version, the installation is successful.