no mysqlclient or lmysqlclient so installing php w/mysql fails

Using Redhat 7.2 w/mysql 3.23.41 and trying to install 4.1.1 of php. The configure goes through but when running a make I get the following error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [libphp4.la] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/admin/php-4.1.1' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 I have some questions... 1) What is lmysqlclient? 2) How is it that I don't have it? Is it some configure option I need when installing mysql? 3) How can I get it to resolve this error...? I need php to work with mysql ... that's the entire point of this exercise. ;) Thanks for any help ---- Shena Delian O'Brien http://www.darklock.com/