"libmysqlclient.so.6" not found. (what does /sbin/ldconfig /usr/local/lib/mysql do ?)

[sweeting at neuronet.com.my]

Thank you Klaus & Oleg & Thomas for the instructions on updating
/etc/ld.so.conf

>    You havn't mention your OS and version, looking for
>    ldconfig I think it is Linux.

Whilst it looked like a very Linux-life-thing, I'm actually
using FreeBSD.  We don't have /etc/ld.so.conf but I did find
'ldconfig' in the /etc/rc boot script.

Then again, Thomas' idea of the symlink was also very appealing :

> Alternatively (and imho preferable over adding to your ld.so.conf
> each time) place a symbolic link in /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib to
> point to /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.6. That way you
> dont suffer the clutter of dos-like PATH addenda :)

A simple :

ln -s /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.6
/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.6

did the trick :-)

Thank you very much, to one and all, for your help,

chas

>    To permanently add /usr/local/lib/mysql to ld search directory
>    path, add it to /etc/ld.so.conf file (it is just plain text file
>     - add yet another line to the end of the file) and run ldconfig
>     without parameters to rebuild ld.so.cache.



> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 sweeting at neuronet.com.my wrote:
> > When building Python from source, and with the MySQLmodule in the
> > Modules directory, I got the following error :
> >
> > Shared object "libmysqlclient.so.6" not found
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> > But libmysqlclient.so.6 does indeed exist in /usr/local/lib/mysql.
> >
> > Fortunately, somebody had  come across this in a previous
post/thread
> > and the cure was to run " /sbin/ldconfig /usr/local/lib/mysql"
before
> > compiling. Sure enough this worked and now I have a fully
functioning
> > Python interpreter (and environment)  :)
> >
> > However, upon rebooting the machine, if I try to run a Python
program
> > it will again complain that "libmysqlclient.so.6" can not be found
> > (since the MySQLmodule is shared). Once again
> > running " /sbin/ldconfig /usr/local/lib/mysql"  cures the problem
but
> > does this mean that I have to run it each and every time I restart
the
> > computer, as part of my startup scripts ? Is this error indicative
of
> > there being a larger problem or misconfiguration ?
>
>    It is not misconfiguration - but ld should know where to find .so
files.
>
> > Thanking you in advance,
> >
> > chas
>
> Oleg.
> ----
>     Oleg Broytmann        Netskate/Inter.Net.Ru
phd at emerald.netskate.ru
>            Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
>
>


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