Uh, the path. I'm a newbie so I still don't quite get it. If I type $ set I do not see the LD_LIBRARY_PATH or # "set ". If I use the command #/usr/local/lib/mysql=LD_LIBRARY , I get the same result. What should I do to correct this problem?

LD_LIBRARY_PATH usually isn't set unless you set it. The easiest fix is to create a symbolic link in /usr/local/lib pointing to the libmysqlclient.so.6 file. You'll probably need root access to do this. cd /usr/local/lib ln -s /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.6 libmysqlclient.so.6 This assumes the file is in /usr/local/lib/mysql. If you don't have root access: bash: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/mysql csh: setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib/mysql should work. -jfarr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! I'm a signature virus. Copy me into your .sig to join the fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~