From: Warren Young
Date: August 12 2006 12:30am
Subject: Re: configure: error: Could not find working MySQL client library!
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Radu Brehar wrote:
> I have installed MySql from binaries, not from source.

I'm confused that it's in /usr/local, then.  Usually that's only for 
things installed by the user from source.  Are these official Debian or 
mysql.com binaries?  If not, have you tried either of those instead?