make install doesn't install MySQLdb

Using a MySQL database, the install process is interrupted like this :

Using /usr/local/share/Bookie/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Finished processing dependencies for bookie==0.5.0
bin/python bin/alembic upgrade head
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/alembic", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('alembic==0.6.5', 'console_scripts', 'alembic')()
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/config.py", line 298, in main
    CommandLine(prog=prog).main(argv=argv)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/config.py", line 293, in main
    self.run_cmd(cfg, options)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/config.py", line 279, in run_cmd
    **dict((k, getattr(options, k)) for k in kwarg)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/command.py", line 125, in upgrade
    script.run_env()
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/script.py", line 203, in run_env
    util.load_python_file(self.dir, 'env.py')
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/util.py", line 212, in load_python_file
    module = load_module_py(module_id, path)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alembic/compat.py", line 58, in load_module_py
    mod = imp.load_source(module_id, path, fp)
  File "dbversions/env.py", line 27, in <module>
    bookie_config = load_bookie_ini(bookie_ini)
  File "dbversions/env.py", line 19, in load_bookie_ini
    initialize_sql(dict(ini.items("app:bookie")))
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/bookie/models/__init__.py", line 49, in initialize_sql
    engine = engine_from_config(settings, 'sqlalchemy.')
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py", line 366, in engine_from_config
    return create_engine(url, **options)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py", line 344, in create_engine
    return strategy.create(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/strategies.py", line 73, in create
    dbapi = dialect_cls.dbapi(**dbapi_args)
  File "/usr/local/share/Bookie/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/connectors/mysqldb.py", line 63, in dbapi
    return __import__('MySQLdb')
ImportError: No module named MySQLdb
Makefile:98: recipe for target 'bookie.db' failed
make: *** [bookie.db] Error 1

I can work around this problem by creating a symbolic link of Debian's MySQLdb into lib/python2.7/site-packages.

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make install doesn't install MySQLdb #518