I am also have _mysql.c that has to be compiled. I downloaded 1.2.0 from here http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22307&package_id=15775 (the .tar.gz). Do you mean, that if I drop the import _mysql and from _mysql import ... lines everything will work OK? I "private install" would be great for me, if it works :D