系统环境

os: ubuntu 16.04
mysql: Server version: 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (Ubuntu)

Python pip install mysql-python 时报错情况

...
    raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
sh: mysql_config: not found

结论: 安装libmysqlclient-dev库。

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

参考：

pip install mysql-python fails with EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found