MySQLdb stands for My Structured Query Language Database and is an interface for connecting to a MySQL database server from Python. It is constructed on top of the MySQL C API and implements the Python Database API v2.0.
Advantages of using MySQLdb
- Data protection: MySQLdb is a very secure and reliable database, which is the reason why Twitter, Facebook, and WordPress use it for their database.
- High efficiency: My SQL contains a storage engine that makes it easier to control and manage your system very efficiently
- High transactional speed: MySQL is one of the fastest transactional database solutions available today.
- Easy to use: You need not waste much time to set up this program because downloading and installation takes less than nearly 10 minutes.
MySQLdb is supported on the following operating systems.
- macOS
- Windows 64-bit
- Linux 64-bit
Steps to install MySQLdb on MacOS
Step 1: Go to the link and download the MySQL dmg file.
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Step 2: After clicking on it, the download will begin in your browser.
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Step 3: After the download is finished run the setup on your system.
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Step 4: Install MYSQL 8.0.31-community box appears. Click on continue on each page of the setup.
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Step 5: Now in configuring the MySQL server set the password for the “root” user.
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Step 6: After that, click on close and exit your setup.
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MySQLdb is successfully installed on your macOS.
Verifying the Installation
Step 1: Open the system setting on your mac and scroll to the bottom.
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You can see the MySQLdb installed on your device.