Using MySQLdb for Python

I just went through a bit of a hassle to get MySQLdb for python, so thought I'd share the steps:

1. Install gcc (needed to build)
sudo yum install gcc
2. Install mysql-devel (also needed to build)
sudo yum install mysql-devel
3. Get the appropriate MySQL tar file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python:
Click the first 'Download', click the download link next to mysql-python, then download the .tar.gz file (mine was MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar.gz)
4. Extract it:
tar -xzvf MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar.gz
5. Build it (this will pull in yet another download):
python setup.py build
6. Install it:
python setup.py install
7. Test it:
$ python
>>> import MySQLdb

Good luck!