【環境構築】UbuntuにMySQL環境を作ろうとして激ハマりした

VirtualBoxのUbuntuにて、MySQLを使おうとしたところ
環境構築中にエラーでハマった。

$ pip install mysqlclient
Collecting mysqlclient
  Using cached mysqlclient-2.1.0.tar.gz (87 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
 
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      ERROR: Can not execute `setup.py` since setuptools is not available in the build environment.
      [end of output]
 
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

下記記事を参考にさせていただき、無事解決。
https://qiita.com/Ken227/items/02482710e297ef691c8e