linux mysql-server can't find mysql_config

Question

I have a running (in production) mysql instance on my linux server (ubuntu-10.10) however I cannot find my mysql_config file.

command and output:

~$ lo         


        

Answer 1

The mysql_config executable is by default located in the bin directory of the MySQL server installation if you install it from precompiled binaries. But if you install it using apt-get it may not exist on your server.

Try:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev