to make sure mysql is installed, try yum install mysql-server yum install mysql-devel
Then add the following directive parameter to the ./configure command --with-mysql-dir=/usr/lib64/mysql/ verify the path /usr/lib64/mysql/ according to your box configuration Best Regards, Mohammed M I Sleem http://www.abusleem.net - Personal blog http://www.freakle.com - The Search Freak <http://www.colorle.com> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:52 PM, ha...@aeon.pk <ha...@aeon.pk> wrote: > Hi, > > Trying to install kannel 1.5.0 on Centos 5.2, getting following error: > > [root@db] # ./configure --with-defaults=debug --enable-start-stop-daemon > --with-mysql > . > . > . > . > Configuring DB support ... > checking whether to compile with MySQL support... searching > checking for mysql_config... /usr/local/bin/mysql_config > checking mysql version... 5.1.32 > checking mysql reentrant libs... -rdynamic -L/usr/local/lib -lmysqlclient_r > -lz -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient_r... no > checking mysql libs... -rdynamic -L/usr/local/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt > -lnsl -lm > checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no > configure: error: Unable to find MySQL client libraries > > I went through old forum emails, asking for several mysql-devel packages. I > installed a lot of them, still its not working. Following are installed: > > mysql-devel-5.0.77-4.el5_5.4 > mysql-5.0.77-4.el5_5.4 > libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.8.1a-1.2.2 > php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.el5.centos > mysql-server-5.0.77-4.el5_5.4 > mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.26r1127-1.el5 > php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_5.3 > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > Hamza >