ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MySQLdb'

[HyperDev724]

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Describe the bug When I was packaging the Flask project, the exe program encountered an error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MySQLdb'

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• Platform information :windows11
• cx_Freeze version : 7.2.3
• Python version : 3.8.7

Flask==1.1.2 Flask-Bcrypt==0.7.1 Flask-Cors==3.0.8 Flask-Migrate==2.5.3 Flask-Script==2.0.6 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.3 mysqlclient==2.0.0 PyMySQL==1.1.1 SQLAlchemy==1.3.18

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[marcelotduarte]

Do you get success if you run the Flask project on the command line?

Well, you are using two packages that may have the same functionality, but it seems that you are using mysqlclient. cx_Freeze detects __import__ with a string but it may not be detecting an extension, so try using --includes=MySQLdb._mysql to test. For instance: python setup.py build_exe --includes=MySQLdb._mysql

[marcelotduarte]

@HyperDev724 Do you get success? Can I close this issue?