I am a newbie to linux and want to configure exim with mysql, apparently I need to install the development libraries for mysql but I am having trouble finding these libraries and don't know how to install them even.

Does anyone know where to get the mysql development libraries from? Or how to install these libraries?

Thanks.

Here's all you should need. This is the most up to date stuff I could find for RH9.

http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat ... y.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat ... y.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat ... y.i386.rpm

Download all three, then "rpm -Uvh *.rpm"

-Chris

thanks very much.

Also, I don't believe I installed apt for the Red Hat large disk image. I highly recommend running the following:

rpm -Uvh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/9/apt/apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Future installs of programs can be had like so:

apt-get install mysql

-Chris

OK, thanks.

You should add more sections for distros - like 'Developer edition' to have all the sources and developer libraries present.

I also had a lot of time wasted manualy removing old stuff and recompiling things to have these includes/libraries under paths.

You should really have some Tab under which any user could configure which preinstalled software (apache/mysql) would run after booting.

That would mostly help newbs like me. I spent a lot of time to configure that chkconfig --add mysql and chkconfig mysql on would do the trick

I would also *recomend* adding gcc-c++ pack in redhat small edition with mysql developer libraries - that would allow developers compile c++ applications for web

Thats what I am upgrading rh small distro

i would reccommend no.

The base system is to get you started, the rest should be up to the admin to decide what's on there.

I love barebones linux installs. Especially on a 64, I like only having what I absolutely need installed to run the services I want. Plus the more you install, the more you learn.

-Brian