libmysqlclient.a Installation problem

[joshlewis]

When I run the configure script ( ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/ --with-webdir /var/www/html/Zoneminder --with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin/) as suggested in the documentation, I get the following error: configure: error: zm requires libmysqlclient.a
I've searched for this library both on my system and on the web, but cannot seem to find it.
Can anyone suggest where I may be able to find it?
I'm using MySQL 3.23.54, PHP 4.2.2 with Apache 2 (I think), which all work fine.
Any assistance would be appreciated
-JOsh

[snakebyte]

Assuming you're running redhat, or can use redhat rpms, you need the mysql-devel rpm. Otherwise if you compiled your own mysql, you should have that file somewhere on your system.

[joshlewis]

Thanks Ian,
after a lot of scratching around, especially on www.mysql.com, I found what was necessary, and the configure script now works.
Thanks again
-JOsh

[matraxus]

Would you be so kind to write me what did you do ? I have the same problem and no idea what to do next :( mysql-dev rpm I 've got installed and it didn't help :(
Thanks

Matraxus

[joshlewis]

If I remember correctly, the RPM needed is either the MySQL-shared-compat-...-.RPM or the MySQL-devel-...-.RPM.

Hope it helps
-JOsh

[yaginuk]

try this web site

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/

and search for mysql-devel and mysql-client, im on redhat 9 and had to update all sorts from g++ to mysql for zoneminder and gaim

[gessel]

I could not get the install to work no matter the various RPMs and src.rpms built and installed until I ran the following

ln -s /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.a

No more complaints

[heyarnold]

I had this error, and to solve it I followed David Gessel's suggestion of linking the file.

ln -s /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.a

This worked! and I did not half to download and install any additional RPM's from MySQL site.

I am using Redhat 9 with everything loaded.