Unable to install MySQL client

Issue

Unable to install mysqlclient using pip in the virtual environment for Python 3.8.

unable to execute '/opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/gcc': No such file or directory
error: command '/opt/rh/devtoolset-7/root/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit status 1
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ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: .... Check the logs for full command output.

Environment

• Any CloudLinux OS version
• Python 3.8 in the Python Selector

Solution

1. If the control panel is cPanel, enable compilers:

2. If the aforementioned step has already been performed, run the following commands:

yum install alt-python38-devel cloudlinux-scl-release -y && yum install devtoolset-7
cagefsctl --force-update && cagefsctl -M

3. Then enter the virtual environment and install MySQL client:

pip install mysqlclient

Cause

Missing libraries and compilers.