Re: help - strange error message`

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 08:01:11AM -0400, Marc Bragg wrote: > Hi: > > Installed redhat 7.0 and had multiple mysql problems, but php4 from the > disc seemed fine. Updated mysql to 3.23.37, now it works fine, but "php" > gives me: > > PHP Warning: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php4/mysql.so' - > libmysqlclient.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > directory in Unknown on line 0 > > the file mysql.so is present in the php4 directory? > > Any ideas what I need to do? You need to add the directory where libmysqlclient.so.9 lives to the list of directories that ldconfig searches and hashes on startup. I think on RedHat it's kept in /etc/ld.so.conf or something.. Look for a file in /etc with a name containing 'ld'; the file should be a plaintext list of directories. Add /usr/local/lib/mysql in there, then either reboot, or manually do 'ldconfig /usr/local/lib/mysql' to make it also scan and index the MySQL libraries' directory. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence contains exactly threee erors.