Import MySQLdb on True64Unix fails

[Andy]

Platform: True64Unix V5.1
Python: Python 2.4.4
MySQLdb MySQL-python-1.2.1-p2

I have compiled and installed both Python & MySQLdb apparently without errors.

When issuing the command in python
>>> import MySQLdb

I get the message

ImportError: dlopen: /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/_mysql.so: "compress" unresolved

Could anybody help with the meaning of this message and how to fix it please.

Many thanks

[Andy]

mysql_config --libs

-L /usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlcient -iz -im

ldd _mysql.so

Main => _mysql.so
libpthread.so => /usr/shlib/libpthread.so
libmach.so => /usr/shlib/libmach.so
libexe.so => /usr/shlib/libexe.so
libc.so => /usr/shlib/libc.so
libm.so => /usr/shlib/libm.so

ldd libmysqlclient.so

I do not have this file. In /usr/local/mysql/lib i have libmysqlclient.a

Thanks
Andrew

[Andy Dustman]

What output does this produce:

mysql_config --libs

In short, you need libz (most likely), because your MySQL client libraries need it. Also look at:

ldd _mysql.so

and

ldd libmysqlclient.so # probably in /usr/local/lib/mysql

If it breaks on libz, that's your problem. libz is probably not on your default loader path.