Error when loading apache

[madd_matt]

I recently upgraded my server, and decided to move from debian to gentoo, which i've had on a desktop machine.

I'm really liking gentoo btw.

My problem is, when i try to load apache, and it tries to load php, php conks out with the error:

php: error while loading shared libraries: libmysqlclient.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have mysql installed (port is open, i can access the databases etc) and apache2/php5 was working fine before i tried to install mysql

so i went looking for the missing shared object:

locate libmysqlclient.so

/usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqlclient.so

/usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so

/usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so.12.0.0

/usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so.12

i don't see a 'libmsqlclient.so.14' in there, should there be? And how do i fix this?

[j79zlr]

You have the wrong version installed, I haven't used gentoo as a server, but this happens when php is compiled against the wrong version, php is looking for a newer version. Unmerge mysql, and reemerge php with the mysql use flag set, it should pull in the proper version as a dependency.

[llbbl]

Or you could ./compile from source using custom install flags. I have done it like before and got it working.

[j79zlr]

You could do that, but compiling from source will become a major hassle, you have to set everything in your configure path correctly, manually keep up with upgrades and patches. That is why there is portage.

[llbbl]

As long as its working than its not a big deal how you do it. For me I dont' mind skipping a couple point releases. 4.4.10 to 4.4.12 or whatever doesn't make THAT big a difference. Anyways that was using up2date/rpm's on a RH machine. The package manager on gentoo is probably better at resolving dependancies although I haven't messed around with portage much to really compare the two.

[j79zlr]

Yes portage does its job arguably much better than redhat. Skipping releases when running a server is a bad idea since they usually fix vulnerabilities, not to mention the numerous patches for vulnerabilities that are released between versions. I have no problem compiling from source, but I would not ever do it for something that the package manager, whatever it be, could handle for me.

[llbbl]

Look it could be worse. I know people who are running even farther behind than me. At least I make an effort to stay realtively close to the current version. It will have to do for now anyways because installing a new distro is no small thing to the "management".

[dotRoot]

  j79zlr said:

Yes portage does its job arguably much better than redhat.  Skipping releases when running a server is a bad idea since they usually fix vulnerabilities, not to mention the numerous patches for vulnerabilities that are released between versions. I have no problem compiling from source, but I would not ever do it for something that the package manager, whatever it be, could handle for me.

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Depends on your perspective. I still run a version of Apache that's pretty old, because its still very secure and stable. I still won't even run the 2.0 branch either. You have to find that balance of security, features, and stability. Its more of a personal preference.