title: How to install MySQL-python on Amazon Web Services EC2 instance?
body: <p>I have a EC2 instance created on AWS and use PuTTY to connect to it.<br>
  I'm unable to install <strong><em>MySQL-python</em></strong> using python <strong><em>pip</em></strong> command as follows:
  <br>
  <strong><em>pip install MySQL-python</em></strong>(via root privileges)
  <br>
  <br>
  Here is the console output of the error</p>
  
  <pre><code>Collecting MySQL-python
  Using cached MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip
  Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
  sh: mysql_config: command not found
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "&lt;string&gt;", line 20, in &lt;module&gt;
  File "/tmp/pip-build-JGbAEI/MySQL-python/setup.py", line 17, in &lt;module&gt;
  metadata, options = get_config()
  File "/tmp/pip-build-JGbAEI/MySQL-python/setup_posix.py", line 43, in get_config
  libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
  File "/tmp/pip-build-JGbAEI/MySQL-python/setup_posix.py", line 25, 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 in /tmp/pip-build-JGbAEI/MySQL-python
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><br>
  However I'm able to install other packages using <strong><em>pip</em></strong>
  <br>
  Please Guide.</p>