username@servername Tue Nov 02 22:08:28 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ sudo aptitude install mysql-server
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The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdbd-mysql-perl{a} libdbi-perl{a} libhtml-template-perl{a} libmysqlclient16{a}
libnet-daemon-perl{a} libplrpc-perl{a} mysql-client-5.1{a} mysql-client-core-5.1{a} mysql-common{a}
mysql-server mysql-server-5.1{a} mysql-server-core-5.1{a}
0 packages upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded.
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mysql start/running, process 26154
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username@servername Tue Nov 02 22:09:21 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ sudo aptitude install python-mysqldb
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The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-mysqldb python-support{a}
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username@servername Tue Nov 02 22:10:26 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ python manage.py syncdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 13, in <module>
execute_manager(settings)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
utility.execute()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 261, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 67, in load_command_class
module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 7, in <module>
from django.core.management.sql import custom_sql_for_model, emit_post_sync_signal
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/sql.py", line 5, in <module>
from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py", line 6, in <module>
from django.db import connection
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/__init__.py", line 77, in <module>
connection = connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS]
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/utils.py", line 91, in __getitem__
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/utils.py", line 32, in load_backend
return import_module('.base', backend_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 14, in <module>
raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb
username@servername Wed Nov 03 03:24:00 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ find / -name python-mysqldb 2>/dev/null
/usr/share/doc/python-mysqldb
username@servername Wed Nov 03 12:46:55 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ ls /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
ls: cannot access /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config: No such file or directory
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:21:02 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ find / -name mysql_config 2>/dev/null
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:23:04 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ find / -name python-mysqldb 2>/dev/null
/usr/share/doc/python-mysqldb
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:29:01 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ find / -name python-mysql 2>/dev/null
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:29:21 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ find / -name mysql 2>/dev/null
/etc/init.d/mysql
/etc/mysql
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/mysql
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.2.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/backends/mysql
/usr/share/mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
/usr/lib/perl5/auto/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib/perl5/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib/mysql
/var/log/mysql
/var/lib/update-rc.d/mysql
/var/lib/mysql
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:30:21 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ ls -la /usr/bin/mysql
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 183376 Jul 29 22:54 /usr/bin/mysql
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:35:01 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ find / -name site.cfg 2>/dev/null
username@servername Wed Nov 03 13:44:04 ~/public_html/IDM_app
$ ls -la /usr/lib/mysql/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 root 4096 Nov 2 22:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 42 root 8192 Nov 2 22:10 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root 4096 Nov 2 22:09 plugin
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