Mecab controller is a simple wrapper around mecab (AUR). It was created primarily to be used in AJT Japanese, an Anki add-on that generates furigana for Japanese text. Originally based on code from Japanese support.
This repository is already included with AJT Japanese. You don't need to do anything extra.
>>> import mecab_controller
>>> mecab = mecab_controller.MecabController()
>>> print(mecab.reading('昨日すき焼きを食べました'))
昨日[きのう]すき 焼[や]きを 食[た]べました
python -m mecab_controller 昨日すき焼きを食べました
昨日[きのう]すき 焼[や]きを 食[た]べました