title: MySQL-Python install - Could not build the egg
body: <p>I'm trying to setup python mysql. I'm working through the following tutorial: </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://anthonyscherba.com/site/blog/django-mysql-install-mac" rel="noreferrer">http://anthonyscherba.com/site/blog/django-mysql-install-mac</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm all good until set 5. When I run</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ python setup.py clean
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I get in return</p>
  
  <pre><code> /Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
      use_setuptools()
    File "/Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute_setup.py", line 145, in use_setuptools
      return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)
    File "/Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute_setup.py", line 125, in _do_download
      _build_egg(egg, tarball, to_dir)
    File "/Users/msmith/Downloads/MySQL-python-1.2.4b4/distribute_setup.py", line 116, in _build_egg
      raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')
  IOError: Could not build the egg.
  </code></pre>