# MySQLdb dependency in mysql module

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**Created:** [June 7, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysqldb-dependency-in-mysql-module/27741 "2018-06-07T19:21:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josef\_Fortier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Josef\_Fortier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josef_Fortier)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysqldb-dependency-in-mysql-module/27741/1 "2018-06-07T19:21:22Z")

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I’ve been working with the newly released Opensuse Leap 15 which no longer packages python MySQLdb.  
Suspicious that this was intentional, I googled a bit and found this on the saltstack Github issues pages:

[https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/31450](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/31450)

In this thread they indicate that MySQLdb has been abandoned.

I can install the appropriate development tools and build manually, but this is a very heavy weight solution for basic Db management

I can file a ticket with the Suse folks, but I suspect they’ve also decided the project is abandoned.

Any thoughts/suggestions

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysqldb-dependency-in-mysql-module/27741/2 "2018-06-07T19:50:13Z")

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In the Debian realm python-mysqldb is using this fork of mysqldb  
[https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/](https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/)

It's live and kicking, last commit only 7 days ago.