["python","mysql","flask","sqlalchemy","mysql-python"]
ImportError: No module named MySQLdb

I am referring the following tutorial to make a login page for my web application. http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/intro-to-flask-signing-in-and-out--net-29982 I am having issue with the database. I am getting an ImportError: No module named MySQLdb when I execute http://127.0.0.1:5000/testdb I have tried all possible ways to install python mysql, the one mentioned in the tutorial, easy_install, sudo apt-get install. I have installed mysql in my virtual env. My directory structure is just the same as whats explained in the tutorial. The module is sucessfully installed in my system and still I am getting this error. Please help. What could be causing this.
If you're having issues compiling the binary extension, or on a platform where you can't, you can try using the pure Python PyMySQL bindings. Simply pip install pymysql and switch your SQLAlchemy URI to start like this: SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql+pymysql://.....' There are some other drivers you could also try.