Notes
Installing Mysqlclient in Python Slim Docker Image
Installing the mysqlclient python
package in a python:3.11-slim
docker container fails because the slim version leaves out the libraries needed
to compile mysqlclient. Rather than using the full python:3.11 base image
that is much larger, you can install the mysqlclient dependencies manually:
FROM python:3.11-bullseye
# Install mysqlclient debian package dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
libmariadb-dev-compat gcc `: MySQL client` \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Install mysqlclient python package
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir mysqlclient