hi stephen, the ncurses library is not part of the mysql distribution. it's available as a solaris binary package at www.sunfreeware.com. look for "ncurses-5.2".
HTH michael "Stephen D. Myles" wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new to MYSQl so any help is much apreciated! I have recently instaled > mysql version 3.23.45 on Sun solaris 8 (sparc). The server installed fine but I > am unable to connect to the server using the mysql command due to some missing > libs. Both the server and client are running locally. > > # ./mysql -h tilda -u mysql > ld.so.1: ./mysql: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory > Killed > > A truss of the above output shows mw whitch lib files. > # truss ./mysql > execve("mysql", 0xEFFFF72C, 0xEFFFF734) argc = 1 > mmap(0x00000000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, > -1, 0) = 0xEF7B0000 > resolvepath("/usr/lib/ld.so.1", "/usr/lib/ld.so.1", 1023) = 16 > open("/var/ld/ld.config", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT > open("/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT > open("/usr/local/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT > open("/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT > ld.so.1: ./mysql: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory > write(2, " l d . s o . 1 : . / m".., 81) = 81 > getpid() = 1028 [1027] > > I can find no reference to this files in any of the documentation at all which > leaves me a little confused. > > Any ideas? > > thanx > > smyles --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php