Why do I get easy_install error "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone'"?

"There seems to only be an egg for Python 2.5 on Windows. Try with Python 2.5 on Windows for now, and it should work, yet I agree having two versions of Python can really put you in a horrible situation sometimes. Also, the package is MySQL-python and not MySQLdb.

See this other answered SU question for a workaround to get it on Python 2.6"

Ah, looks like the error is caused because MySQLdb does not exist. They need a better error message I think. Furthermore, to use setup.py install on windows, we need to install the "Developer Components" during the MySQL server setup, and I think we must use MySQL 5.0 but I'm not sure.