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

[Klaus Alexander Seistrup]

sweeting at neuronet.com.my <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.

Put the directory in your /etc/ld.so.conf, then run ldconfig without any
arguments and you're all set.


Cheers,

  //Klaus

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