hello, i'm a newbie in linux. I have too problems with mysql C api, i have installed mysql version 3.23.58 and i have written a small program to use mysql Api, but when i try to compile i always get the following error : /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient i compile with: gcc -c -I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql/ p.c gcc -o p p.o -L/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql/ -lmysqlclient someone can help me? thanks a lot and sorry my english -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org