[Tutor] Problem installing MySQLdb under windows

[Kent Johnson]

Peter Jessop wrote:
> I am running Python 2.4.3, MySQL 5.0.
> On trying to install MySQLdb 1.2.1 I ran into the following problem.
> "
> D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\MySQLdb>setup.py build
> running build
> running build_py
> copying MySQLdb\release.py -> build\lib.win32- 2.4\MySQLdb
> running build_ext
> error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building 
> extensions f
> or Python.
> 
> "
> Is it really necessary to install The .NET Framework SDK (354Mb) or is 
> there a simpler way?

Download the windows binary, for example 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mysql-python/MySQL-python.exe-1.2.0.win32-py2.4.zip?download

The latest version with a Windows build is 1.2.0.

Kent