Installation via pip is supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.

Use pip to install and upgrade Connector/Python:

# Installation
$> pip install mysql-connector-python

# Upgrade
$> pip install mysql-connector-python --upgrade

# Optionally, install X DevAPI 
$> pip install mysqlx-connector-python

# Upgrade X DevAPI 
$> pip install mysqlx-connector-python --upgrade

In case the wheel package you want to install is found in your local file system (for example, you produced a wheel package from a source distribution or downloaded it from somewhere), you can install it as follows:

# Installation
$ pip install /path/to/wheel/<wheel package name>.whl

Installation of Optional Features

Installation from wheels allow you to install optional dependencies to enable certain features with Connector/Python. For example:

# 3rd party packages to enable the telemetry functionality are installed
$ pip install mysql-connector-python[telemetry]

Similarly, for X DevAPI:

# 3rd party packages to enable the compression functionality are installed
$ pip install mysqlx-connector-python[compression]

These installation options are shortcuts to install all the dependencies needed by some particular features (they are only for your convenience, and you can always install the required dependencies for a feature by yourself):

You can specify a multiple of these options in your installation command, for example:

$ pip install mysql-connector-python[telemetry,dns-srv,...]

Or, if are installing a wheel package from your local file system:

$ pip install /path/to/wheel/<wheel package name>.whl[telemetry,dns-srv,...]