# missing Percona-server-devel for version 5.6 in debian apt **URL:** \ **Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.6\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317 "2015-07-23T06:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anshusah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/anshusah/32/1076_2.png) [@anshusah](https://forums.percona.com/u/anshusah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/1 "2015-07-23T06:17:27Z")
Hi I have been struggling to install devel package but no luck. kindly advise. Logs root@instance-5:/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu# apt-get install Percona-Server-devel\* Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done E: Unable to locate package Percona-Server-devel\* E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘Percona-Server-devel\*’ ---
**Author:** ![anshusah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/anshusah/32/1076_2.png) [@anshusah](https://forums.percona.com/u/anshusah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/2 "2015-07-23T06:36:16Z")
root@instance-5:/home/cpsmscin/gateway-svn# /usr/bin/mysql\_config Usage: /usr/bin/mysql\_config [OPTIONS] Options: –cflags [-I/usr/include/mysql -g -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -g -static-libgcc -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -DMY\_PTHREAD\_FASTMUTEX=1] –include [-I/usr/include/mysql] –libs [-L/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu -lperconaserverclient -lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl] –libs\_r [-L/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu -lperconaserverclient\_r -lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl] –plugindir [/usr/lib/mysql/plugin] –socket [/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock] –port [0] –version [5.5.44-37.3] –libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu -lmysqld] –variable=VAR VAR is one of: pkgincludedir [/usr/include/mysql] pkglibdir [/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu] plugindir [/usr/lib/mysql/plugin] root@instance-5:/home/cpsmscin/gateway-svn# cd /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/ root@instance-5:/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu# ls -l libmysql\* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 16 04:22 libmysqlclient\_r.so.18 → libmysqlclient.so.18 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 16 04:22 libmysqlclient\_r.so.18.0.0 → libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 16 04:22 libmysqlclient.so.18 → libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0 -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 3424672 Jul 16 04:22 libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0 root@instance-5:/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu# ls -l libper\*.\* -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 3877834 Jul 1 10:13 libperconaserverclient.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 1 10:13 libperconaserverclient\_r.a → libperconaserverclient.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jul 1 10:13 libperconaserverclient\_r.so → libperconaserverclient.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Jul 8 13:26 libperconaserverclient\_r.so.18 → libperconaserverclient.so.18 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 1 10:13 libperconaserverclient\_r.so.18.0.0 → libperconaserverclient.so.18.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 8 13:26 libperconaserverclient\_r.so.18.1.0 → libperconaserverclient.so.18.1.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Jul 1 10:13 libperconaserverclient.so → libperconaserverclient.so.18 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 8 13:26 libperconaserverclient.so.18 → libperconaserverclient.so.18.1.0 -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 3095168 Jul 1 10:13 libperconaserverclient.so.18.0.0 -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 3504176 Jul 8 13:26 libperconaserverclient.so.18.1.0 ---
**Author:** ![anshusah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/anshusah/32/1076_2.png) [@anshusah](https://forums.percona.com/u/anshusah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/3 "2015-07-23T06:38:15Z")
checking for /opt/local/share/dsssl/docbook-dsssl/print/docbook.dsl… no Not building documentation. Configuring parameters … checking which malloc to use… native malloc enabling local time enabling cookies enabling HTTP/1.1 keep-alive Configuring OpenSSL support … checking whether to compile with SSL support… trying Configuring DB support … checking whether to compile with MySQL support… searching checking for mysql\_config… /usr/bin/mysql\_config checking mysql version… 5.5.44-37.3 checking mysql reentrant libs… -L/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu -lperconaserverclient\_r -lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl checking for mysql\_init in -lmysqlclient\_r… no checking mysql libs… -L/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu -lperconaserverclient -lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl checking for mysql\_init in -lmysqlclient… no configure: error: Unable to find MySQL client libraries ---
**Author:** ![anshusah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/anshusah/32/1076_2.png) [@anshusah](https://forums.percona.com/u/anshusah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/4 "2015-07-23T06:39:13Z")
As per the suggestion of this documentation of cpanel [URL=“[https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CKB/How+to+Replace+MySQL+with+Percona](https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CKB/How+to+Replace+MySQL+with+Percona)”][https://documentation.cpanel.net/dis...L+with+Percona[/URL]](https://documentation.cpanel.net/dis...L+with+Percona%5B/URL%5D) I tried doing the same ln -sv /usr/lib64/libperconaserverclient.so /usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so root@instance-5:/home/cpsmscin/gateway-svn# uname -ar Linux instance-5 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1~bpo70+1 (2015-06-08) x86\_64 GNU/Linux root@instance-5:/home/cpsmscin/gateway-svn# mysql --version mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.25-73.1, for debian-linux-gnu (x86\_64) using 6.2 But NO LUCK ☹ ---
**Author:** ![anshusah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/anshusah/32/1076_2.png) [@anshusah](https://forums.percona.com/u/anshusah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/5 "2015-07-23T06:46:39Z")
recently i tried installing the percona-server-source-5.6 but still no progress. kindly advise. ---
**Author:** ![anshusah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/anshusah/32/1076_2.png) [@anshusah](https://forums.percona.com/u/anshusah)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/6 "2015-07-25T00:13:06Z")
dpkg -l | grep -i percona root@instance-5:/home/cpsmscin/gateway-svn# dpkg -l | grep -i percona rc libmysqlclient18.1 5.6.15-25.5-759.wheezy amd64 Percona XtraDB Cluster database client library ii libperconaserverclient18.1 5.6.25-73.1-1.wheezy amd64 Percona Server database client library ii percona-server-5.6-dbg 5.6.25-73.1-1.wheezy amd64 Debugging package for Percona Server ii percona-server-client-5.6 5.6.25-73.1-1.wheezy amd64 Percona Server database client binaries ii percona-server-common-5.6 5.6.25-73.1-1.wheezy amd64 Percona Server database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf) ii percona-server-server-5.6 5.6.25-73.1-1.wheezy amd64 Percona Server database server binaries ii percona-server-source-5.6 5.6.25-73.1-1.wheezy amd64 Percona Server 5.6 source ---
**Author:** ![jrivera](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/jrivera/32/13_2.png) [@jrivera](https://forums.percona.com/u/jrivera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/7 "2015-07-27T04:03:37Z")
# apt-cache search libpercona libperconaserverclient-dev - Percona Server database development files libperconaserverclient18 - Percona Server database client library libperconaserverclient18-dev - Percona Server database development files libperconaserverclient18.1 - Percona Server database client library libperconaserverclient18.1-dev - Percona Server database development files In your case install libperconaserverclient18.1-dev, please try it out and let us know. ---
**Author:** ![ShahriyarR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@ShahriyarR](https://forums.percona.com/u/ShahriyarR)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/8 "2015-11-30T02:28:38Z")
The solution was as stated: sudo apt-get install libperconaserverclient18.1-dev ---
**Author:** ![udnalluri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e95f7d/32.png) [@udnalluri](https://forums.percona.com/u/udnalluri)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/missing-percona-server-devel-for-version-5-6-in-debian-apt/4317/9 "2018-02-11T15:35:43Z")
I am getting the below errors when I am trying to install percona 5.6 on ubunutu 14.4 percona-server-server-5.6 : Depends: percona-server-client-5.6 (\>= 5.6.38-83.0-1.trusty) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libdbi-perl but it is not installable Depends: libdbd-mysql-perl but it is not installable Depends: libaio1 (\>= 0.3.93) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Not sure what should I do I tried all option pleaase help