Re: libmysqlclient.so.12 error when I start snort.

[Dirk Geschke <Dirk () geschke-online de>]

Hi John,

> Hello experts!!! I am trying to run snort with a mysql database 
> on a solaris9 box, well when I try and start snort , I get this error...
>
>
> # snort -v
> ld.so.1: snort: fatal: libmysqlclient.so.12: open failed: No such file or directory
> Killed
>
> I configured it using --with-myql=/usr/local/mysql

the libmysql library is not in the library path. On solaris
you can either link statically (but then don't forget libz.a)
or add the dynamic library path at link time with the -R option.

Or you simply set LD_LIBRARY_PATH:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql snort 

Best regards

Dirk



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