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CapelliC
Asked: 2020-01-09 14:57:01 +0800 CST

how to install mysqlclient lib as required by diesel

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Compiling diesel_cli on Ubuntu 16.04, I'm unable to find which package I should install to get rid if the message

~$ cargo install diesel_cli
    Updating crates.io index
  Installing diesel_cli v1.4.0
...
   Compiling toml v0.4.10
   Compiling diesel_cli v1.4.0
error: linking with `cc` failed: exit code: 1
  |
  = note: "cc" "-Wl,--as-needed"
....
note: ld: library not found for -lmysqlclient

There was also another dependency, on libpq, but that was solved installing postgresql. Of course I have installed more or less all what I've found related to mysql, indeed the mysql crate installs and execute without problems.

My last attempt have been

sudo apt-get install mysql\*

but the problem is not solved. Any hint ?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As the error message noted "library not found for -lmysqlclient" As you probably observed, installing mysql doesn't solve. To resolve it, install libmysqlclient-dev:

    sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

    For others encountering a similar issue executing "cargo install diesel_cli", you may also want to add:

    sudo apt install libpq-dev 
sudo apt install libmariadbclient-dev-compat
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
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  2. Thanks to Nditah for

    sudo apt install libpq-dev

    Was getting this error: = note: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpq

    Works for postgres now.

    Running cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features postgres with no issues now.

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