title: MySQLdb and _mysql version mismatch
body: <p>I am currently getting the following mismatch error when running some code on Spyder in Ubuntu:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ImportError: this is MySQLdb version (1, 2, 5, 'final', 1), but _mysql is version (1, 4, 6, 'final', 0)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Naturally, I have tried to match the version by using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pip uninstall MySQL-python
  pip install mysql-python==version.x.y.z
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and</p>
  
  <pre><code>pip uninstall mysqlclient
  pip install mysqlclient==version.x.y.z
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I am getting errors because there is no version 1.2.5 for "_mysql" and no version 1.4.6 for "MySQLdb" and therefore cannot match them. The ubuntu terminal displays all the available versions for each item and there is not a version that is present on both an therefore I cannot match. </p>
  
  <p>If somebody could assist me with solving this issue I would be hugely grateful.</p>