[est]

nope.avi

You need mysql-python, which depends on some header from mysql-client-dev, which requires some compiling or package, then there's PIL, virtualenv, uwsgi and shit.

Oh wait, you don't have pip on most distros by default. You need to apt-get or wget that.

[encoderer]

If you follow defaults you'll be using SQLite in Django and won't have any of the MySQL headache.

But you're right about needing PIP.

[est]

If you are working on a serious project you are likely to write some db specific code, sqlite3 is only suitable for general ORM-only tasks.