title: django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb
body: <p>The problem Im facing while trying to connect to database for mysql. I have also given the database settings that i have used.</p>
  
  <pre><code> Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "manage.py", line 10, in &lt;module&gt;
   execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
   File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 453, in execute_from_command_line
  utility.execute()
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
  self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 272, in fetch_command
  klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 77, in load_command_class
  module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
  File "/home/arundhati/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
  __import__(name)
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 8, in &lt;module&gt;
  from django.core.management.sql import custom_sql_for_model, emit_post_sync_signal
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
  from django.db import models
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 40, in &lt;module&gt;
  backend = load_backend(connection.settings_dict['ENGINE'])
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 34, in __getattr__
  return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 93, in __getitem__
  backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 27, in load_backend
  return import_module('.base', backend_name)
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
  __import__(name)
  File "/home/ar/Desktop/test/testprac/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 17, in &lt;module&gt;
  raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
  django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named MySQLdb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Databse Settings::</p>
  
  <pre><code>DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
          'NAME': 'ar_test_db',                      # Or path to database file if using 
          # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
          'USER': '',
          'PASSWORD': '',
          'HOST': '',                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or   '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
          'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot for the help !!</p>