note 34238 deleted from install.unix by bjori

Note Submitter: jan dot mentzel at raumcomputer dot com ---- PHP-5.0.0b1 and MySQL on SuSE Since in this PHP-release mysql-client stuff is not included you have to use your own mysql-client header- and .so-files. configure expects the mysql-client-files to be in an include and a lib subdirectory inside one common directory: ... +- mysql +- include | +- mysql.h | ... +- lib +- libmysqlclient.so ... But on SuSE8.0 - maybe other Linux-distros too - the mysql-include and mysql-lib directories are installed like this: usr +- include | +- mysql | +- mysql.h | ... +- lib +- mysql +- libmysqlclient.so ... Efect/Problem: ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/lib/mysql ... or ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/include/mysql ... ends with an error: checking for MSSQL support via FreeTDS... no checking for MySQL support... yes checking for specified location of the MySQL UNIX socket... no checking for MySQL UNIX socket location... no checking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient... no configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for more information. Solution: Create a directory "mysql" e.g. in /usr/local/lib mkdir /usr/local/lib/mysql and create symlinks "include" and "lib" pointing to the original directories (here /usr/include/mysql and /usr/lib/mysql) cd /usr/local/lib/mysql ln -s /usr/include/mysql include ln -s /usr/lib/mysql lib Now, go back to where you extracted the PHP-source and call configure again, telling it to search in /usr/local/lib/mysql for the mysql-client stuff. ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/lib/mysql ... Now the mysql-extension should compile.