# libmysqlclient - no such file, need your help..

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312 "2014-03-03T05:50:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![nebulos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@nebulos](https://forums.percona.com/u/nebulos)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312/1 "2014-03-03T05:50:15Z")

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hey!

I’m using THE latest ubuntu, percona server 5.6 for sql server…

I wan’t to run a few game servers on my dedicated box… (GTA SA-MP)  
This game is using sql plugins… the one I wanted to use gives me this error.

Failed (libmysqlclient\_r.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

I don’t have any libmysqlclient .so files…

And I have trouble getting them working.

Where and how would I get the right files for this error?  
Where would I need to put them?

I Would like to continue with percona sql… but I need to get it working.

Also libmysqlclient 15, 16, 18?

If you have any info, I would appreciate it!  
thx

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**Author:** ![niljoshi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/niljoshi/32/16889_2.png) [@niljoshi](https://forums.percona.com/u/niljoshi)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312/2 "2014-03-04T02:51:42Z")

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Hi,

Can you provide the exact Ubuntu version? most probably it should be resolved by installing libmysqlclient-dev package.  
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

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**Author:** ![nebulos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@nebulos](https://forums.percona.com/u/nebulos)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312/3 "2014-03-04T04:54:06Z")

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hey,

Distributor ID: Ubuntu  
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)  
Release: 14.04  
Codename: trusty

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**Author:** ![niljoshi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/niljoshi/32/16889_2.png) [@niljoshi](https://forums.percona.com/u/niljoshi)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312/4 "2014-03-05T20:55:08Z")

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Hi, Have you tried to install [COLOR=#252C2F]libmysqlclient-dev and check? [COLOR=#252C2F]

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**Author:** ![nebulos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@nebulos](https://forums.percona.com/u/nebulos)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/libmysqlclient-no-such-file-need-your-help/3312/5 "2014-03-06T11:37:39Z")

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I tried everything…

finally I found the correct libmysqldclient file version from another forum and copied it to /usr/lib …

none of the standard commands worked.

This one is now solved for me.