Re: can't find mysql.h

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:45 PM, John Reid <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> dpkg -L libmysqlclient-dev
>
> returns "Package `libmysqlclient-dev' is not installed.
> Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg
> --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents."
>
> apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
>
> returns "Package 'libmysqlclient-dev' is not available, but is referred to
> by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only
> available from another source
> However the following packages replace it:
>  mysql-server-5.1
> E: Package 'libmysqlclient-dev' has no installation candidate"
>
> apt-get install mysql-server-5.1
>
> returns "Reading package lists...
> Building dependency tree...
> Reading state information...
> mysql-server-5.1 is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded."
>
> Can I force installation of libmysqlclient-dev?
> Should I?
>
>
>
Try installing the libmysqlclient15-dev package .

# dpkg-query -S /usr/include/mysql/mysql.h
libmysqlclient15-dev: /usr/include/mysql/mysql.h
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