MySQL problem
lazarus / 16-Databases

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Jaco · 2008-03-03 08:29

Hi,

I'm trying to make a connection to a MySQL server, using the
TMySQL50Connection component, in an application for MacOS 10.5 with
carbon.
 The application compiles OK, but when I try to activate the
connection, I get the following error:

Can not load MySQL library "libmysqlclient.so". Please check your
installation.

I couldn't find this file on my system, so I downloaded a MySQL server
installation package for Linux, and there it was. But, what to do with
it?

I have found several threads on this topic, but did not find the
answers to the following questions:

1. Where do I have to place the libmysqlclient.so file, so that the
above-mentioned error is solved? I tried a lot of places (a.o. app
folder), but without success.
2. If this is some system folder, how to solve this when deploying my
application? Do I have to provide this file, and install it there?
 Is there a way to avoid this?

Thanks,

Jaco