"/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient" when building MySQL-Python

[francescomoi]

Hi. I'm trying to build MySQL-python-1.2.0 on my Linux FC2
(with MySQL 3.23.58).

But when building, I get this error message:
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[]# python setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building '_mysql' extension
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -march=i386
-mcpu=i686 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.3 -c
_mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/_mysql.o -I'/usr/include/mysql'
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/_mysql.o
-L'/usr/lib/mysql' -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lmysqlclient -o
build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/_mysql.so
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
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I've got that library installed:
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[]# locate libmysqlclient
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10.0.0
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so.10.0.0
/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so.10
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[]# vi /etc/ld.so.conf
include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/lib/qt-3.3/lib
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
/usr/lib/mysql

 

[Andy Dustman]

Hi. I'm trying to build MySQL-python-1.2.0 on my Linux FC2
(with MySQL 3.23.58).

See:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1146226&group_id=22307&atid=374932

And also try the new 1.2.1c3 release candidate.