MySQL Connector/Python Developer Guide
Using pip is the preferred method to obtain, install, and upgrade Connector/Python. For alternatives, see the Connector/Python download site.
The mysql-connector-python package installs
an interface to the classic MySQL protocol. The X DevAPI is
available by its own mysqlx-connector-python
package. Prior to Connector/Python 8.3.0,
mysql-connector-python installed interfaces
to both the X and classic protocols.
Most Linux installation packages (except RPMs for Enterprise
Linux) are no longer available from Oracle since Connector/Python
9.0.0. Using pip to manage Connector/Python on
those Linux distributions is recommended.