That elusive mysqlclient.16

[Gene]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:34:00 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote
> In the last episode (Apr 17), Gene said:
> > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:11:16 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote
> > > In the last episode (Apr 17), Gene said:
> > > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:17:37 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote
> > > > > In the last episode (Apr 17), Gene said:
> > > > > > Attempts to build databases/mysql55-server or php5-mysql, or
> > > > > > php5-mysqli all stop with the following error:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Error: shared library "mysqlclient.16" does not exist
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I've tried building and rebuilding mysql55-client, tried
> > > > > > portupgrade (after portsnap) all to no avail.  Google searches
> > > > > > found one item, and that was in Chinese.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does anyone know what port is supposed to install this shared
> > > > > > library?  I'd think the file would be installed by mysql55-client,
> > > > > > but apparently not.
> > > > > 
> > > > > mysql55-client installs it.  Try rebuilding mysql55-client again and
> > > > > make sure it installs successfully.
> > > > 
> > > > Dan - thanks for the reply.
> > > > 
> > > > I did the following:
> > > > cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql55-client
> > > > script ../t
> > > > make clean
> > > > make
> > > > make deinstall && make reinstall
> > > > exit
> > > > 
> > > > Installation completed successfully.
> > > > 
> > > > mysqlclient.16 still cannot be found, nor does the filename occur in
> > > > ../t.
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas where to go next?  I can put the script output up on the web
> > > > if you think it'll help.  It's kinda big for an email.
> > > 
> > > Script output would be useful.  Did anything at all get installed in
> > > /usr/local/lib/mysql/ ?  If there is a libmysqlclient.so.16 file, does
> > > "ldconfig -r | grep libmysqlclient.so.16" print anything?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 	Dan Nelson
> > > 	dnelson at allantgroup.com
> > 
> > Hi again...
> > script output should be available at:
> > 
> > http://brightstar.ath.cx/temp/t
> 
> This line in your script should have installed that shared object:
> 
>   libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel 
> .libs/libmysqlclient.so.16 /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16
> 
> , although you seem to have a file ownership problem, which could be
> affecting the install:
> 
>  ===>   Running ldconfig
>  /sbin/ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib/mysql
>  ldconfig: /usr/local/lib/mysql: ignoring directory not owned by root
> 
> Try fixing that and do a "make deinstall ; make reinstall" (no 
> rebuild should be necessary).
> 
> > brightstar2# ls /usr/local/lib/mysql
> > libdbug.a               libmysqlclient.a        libmysqlclient_r.a     
> > libmysqld.a             libvio.a
> > libheap.a               libmysqlclient.la       libmysqlclient_r.la    
> > libmysqlservices.a      plugin
> > libmyisam.a             libmysqlclient.so       libmysqlclient_r.so    
> > libmystrings.a
> > libmyisammrg.a
> 
> ls -l please; libmysqlclient.so should be a symlink to libmysqlclient.so.16:
> 
> (dan at dan.14) /usr/local/lib/mysql> ls -l libmysqlclient*
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  618618 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient.a
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     987 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient.la
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      20 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient.so ->
libmysqlclient.so.16
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  543213 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient.so.16
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  640244 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient_r.a
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    1010 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient_r.la
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      22 Apr 17 20:29 libmysqlclient_r.so 
> -> libmysqlclient_r.so.16 -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  561411 Apr 17 
> 20:29 libmysqlclient_r.so.16
> 
> -- 
> 	Dan Nelson
> 	dnelson at allantgroup.com

Thanks Dan, that was the problem. For some reason the lib/mysql directory was
owned by mysql. Changes it to root and Bingo!

Thanks again.

IHN,
Gene

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