Install sysbench error

If you happened to have see this error when you install your Sysbench

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient_r

Check whether your libmysqlclient is there by execute

shell> ldconfig -p| grep mysql

Result screen would be similar as below, if the libmysqlclient is already installed.

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libmysqlclient.so.16 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so.16

libmysqlclient.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so

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OR else it is empty.

The solution if the result screen is empty is to download "MySQL-shared-5.5.9-1.linux2.6.x86_64.rpm" and install it. Execute the linux command as below, if you had download the rpm file. 

         shell > rpm -ivh MySQL-shared-5.5.9-1.linux2.6.x86_64.rpm

Afterward, you are able to continue install your Sysbench without the error as below shown.