libmysqlclient-dev for fedora 3

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> Mark Sargent wrote:
>>
>>> Paul, if I do a yum install mysql-dev, I get the following,
>>>
>>> Dependencies Resolved
>>> Transaction Listing:
>>>  Install: mysql-devel.i386 0:3.23.58-14
>>>
>>> Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
>>>  Install: mysql.i386 0:3.23.58-14
>>>  Install: perl-DBD-MySQL.i386 0:2.9003-5
>>> Is this ok [y/N]:
>>> but, I don't wish to install mysql via yum, as it's already installed 
>>> via source. How do I get around this.? Cheers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Where did you install it to?
>>
>> Somewhere under that directory you should find a mysql.h. You need to 
>> tell snort where to find mysql.h
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> Hi All,
> 
> Paul, here are the lib files for my mysql install @ /usr/local/mysql.
> 
> [root at localhost lib]# ls
> libdbug.a   libmysqlclient.a    libmysqld.a   libmystrings.a
> libmygcc.a  libmysqlclient_r.a  libmysql.imp  libmysys.a
> 
> I'm not too sure what to do here. I've done a locate for mysql-devel, 
> mysql-devel* and got nothing. Cheers.

How did you install mysql from source? There should be a bunch of 
headers files (in a separate directory) as well as these libraries.

Why did you install mysql from source?

snort is looking for mysql.h - that's the file you should start looking for:

# find /usr/local -name mysql.h -print

Paul.