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Pip3 install Mysqlclient Error: Command “python setup.py egg_info“ failed with error

pip3 install mysqlclient error Command “python setup.py egg_info” failed with error
1. Software description

    centos 8.0python3.6

2. Problem description
Use the command

pip3 install mysqlclient
error
[root@z ~]# pip3 install mysqlclient
WARNING: Running pip install with root privileges is generally not a good idea. Try `pip3 install --user` instead.
Collecting mysqlclient
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3c/df/59cd2fa5e48d0804d213bdcb1acb4d08c403b61c7ff7ed4dd4a6a2deb3f7/mysqlclient-2.0.3.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    /bin/sh: mysql_config: Command not found
    /bin/sh: mariadb_config: Command not found
    /bin/sh: mysql_config: Command not found
    mysql_config --version
    mariadb_config --version
    mysql_config --libs
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-build-8k22usrq/mysqlclient/setup.py", line 15, in <module>
        metadata, options = get_config()
      File "/tmp/pip-build-8k22usrq/mysqlclient/setup_posix.py", line 70, in get_config
        libs = mysql_config("libs")
      File "/tmp/pip-build-8k22usrq/mysqlclient/setup_posix.py", line 31, in mysql_config
        raise OSError("{} not found".format(_mysql_config_path))
    OSError: mysql_config not found
    
    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-8k22usrq/mysqlclient/

3. Solutions

yum install python3-devel mysql-devel