How to acquire MySQLdb

[sunstar20]

On checking python command prompt for 'import MySQLdb', the below error message is shown.

>>> import MySQLdb

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named MySQLdb

I have tried installing the deb connector package - mysql-connector-python_8.0.11-1ubuntu16.04_all.deb via shell command from the url in / path

dpkg -i mysql-connector-python_8.0.11-1ubuntu16.04_all.deb

PLEASE HELP

THANKS IN ADVANCE