Bug #85666 Failed mysql-connector-python installation Unable to find Protobuf include dire

Description:
Trying setup my project but failed as:

Searching for mysql-connector>=2.0.2
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/mysql-connector/
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/e8/b4/b178e9f26261b4ab57189d74c50788d97649b58ba3e83a68ebf...
Best match: mysql-connector 2.2.3
Processing mysql-connector-2.2.3.tar.gz
Writing /tmp/easy_install-86ee1hta/mysql-connector-2.2.3/setup.cfg
Running mysql-connector-2.2.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-86ee1hta/mysql-connector-2.2.3/egg-dist-tmp-w_nn2aii
# Python architecture: 64-bit
# Python ARCH_64BIT: True
Unable to find Protobuf include directory.
error: Setup script exited with 1

The same issue is here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43029672/unable-to-find-protobuf-include-directory

How to repeat:
See description

The workaround was to install old version:

pip install mysql-connector==2.1.4

Hello  Shahriyar,

Thank you for the bug report.
Developer answer in Stackoverflow site.

As of 2.2.3, Connector/Python uses a C++ extension that interfaces with a MySQL server with the X plugin enabled, using Protobuf as data interchange format.

So, you need to set up where Protobuf is installed on your system (the library, include and protoc binary paths).

Requirements

A C/C++ compiler, such as gcc
Protobuf C++ (version >= 2.6.0)
Python development files
Installation

You have two options when using pip + pypi:

1) Set environment variables for MYSQLXPB_PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIR, MYSQLXPB_PROTOBUF_LIB_DIR and MYSQLXPB_PROTOC.

2) Add --install-option to set these options when using pip:

shell> python install mysql-connector --install-option='--with-protobuf-include-dir=<path>' --install-option='--with-protobuf-lib-dir=<path>' --install-option='--with-protoc=<path>'

Important: Keep in mind that 2.2.3 is a development release.

Thanks,
Chiranjeevi.

RHEL7 user here. To my knowledge we don't have that library available on our machines. The development version is the version selected by default with "pip install".

Hello  Chiranjeevi,
since out server does not use X plugin, is it possible to install 2.2.3 (and later) without protobuf?