Problems with python setup.py build

[domynus79]

Mysql 5.0 and Python 2.4.2 installed from sources
and tested

When executing that command the program cannot find mysqlclient. I'm a newbye of linux... how can I set the right library?

[Andy Dustman]

http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=32070&group_id=22307

Also, hard to diagnose without an error message or command output.

[domynus79]

I added to PATH /usr/local/mysql/bin and now the only error message is

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

so the only problem is the 'ld' command that doesn't support '-lz' option!!

Can you help again ? :-) Sorry

[Andy Dustman]

You need zlib-devel, which is listed in README.

When it raises ImportError, be sure to re-read the FAQ, and then consider rebuilding MySQL with configure --prefix=/usr/local

[domynus79]

All-done... but now that I'm able to compile from source I must restart.
I need to solve a system of disequation for version number between Mysql-Apache-Python with mod_python and MySQLdb-python.

Really boring.

Thanks again

[domynus79]

First error is:
mysql_config: command not found

Naturally I think it's a problem of PATH but how can I add /usr/local/mysql/bin to my path at boot time? (I've got a debian).

Second thing is:
I think that I should add mysqlclient or mysqlclient_r or mysqld libraries to lib directly
foundable by bash script beacuse I didn't specified anything during Mysql compile/install.
Is it correct or it was done automatically for me?

Thanks in advance