From: Warren Young
Date: November 3 2006 9:56pm
Subject: Re: Could not find working MySQL client Library
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Urscheler, Roger (COM Chantry CA) wrote:
> I am using MySQL 5.1 and got it to work by creating a symbolic link:
> /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so -> /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.15.0.0

You should only have to create that link by hand if the library's 
installation routine isn't set up correctly.  It should have been there 
already.

But yes, it is indeed required.