title: Installing MySQL-python
body: <p>I got the below failure while trying to get MySQL-python installed on my Ubuntu/Linux Box.From the below it seem like the issue is <code>sh: mysql_config: not found</code>
  Could someone advice me on what to do?</p>
  
  <pre><code>rmicro@ubuntu:~$ pip install MySQL-python
  Downloading/unpacking MySQL-python
    Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.3.tar.gz (70Kb): 70Kb downloaded
    Running setup.py egg_info for package MySQL-python
      sh: mysql_config: not found
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "&lt;string&gt;", line 14, in &lt;module&gt;
        File "/home/rmicro/build/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 15, in &lt;module&gt;
          metadata, options = get_config()
        File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
          libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
        File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
          raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
      EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
      Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
      sh: mysql_config: not found
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 14, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "/home/rmicro/build/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 15, in &lt;module&gt;
      metadata, options = get_config()
    File "setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
      libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
    File "setup_posix.py", line 24, in mysql_config
      raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
  EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
  
  ----------------------------------------
  Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
  </code></pre>