title: why 'pip install mysqlclient' not working in ubuntu 18.04 LTS
body: <p>I have just created a virtual environment on my machine (I am running on ubuntu 18.04 LTS). I have the python version of 3.6.7 and now I want to install mysqlclient into my virtual environment.</p>
  
  <p>After I do <code>pip install mysqlclient</code> it didn't work, instead it gave me errors saying; </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Command "python.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-zd21vfb3/mysqlclient/', and that the msql_config file is not found. </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My setup tools are all up to date.</p>