* Installing *source* package 'RMySQL' ... creating cache ./config.cache checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E checking for compress in -lz... yes checking for getopt_long in -lc... yes checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql.h... no checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_init in -lmysqlclient... no checking for /usr/local/include/mysql/mysql.h... no checking for /usr/include/mysql/mysql.h... no checking for /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql/mysql.h... no checking for /opt/include/mysql/mysql.h... no checking for /include/mysql/mysql.h... no Configuration error: could not find the MySQL installation include and/or library directories. Manually specify the location of the MySQL libraries and the header files and re-run R CMD INSTALL. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Define and export the 2 shell variables PKG_CPPFLAGS and PKG_LIBS to include the directory for header files (*.h) and libraries, for example (using Bourne shell syntax): export PKG_CPPFLAGS="-I" export PKG_LIBS="-L -lmysqlclient" Re-run the R INSTALL command: R CMD INSTALL RMySQL_.tar.gz 2. Alternatively, you may pass the configure arguments --with-mysql-dir= (distribution directory) or --with-mysql-inc= (where MySQL header files reside) --with-mysql-lib= (where MySQL libraries reside) in the call to R INSTALL --configure-args='...' R CMD INSTALL --configure-args='--with-mysql-dir=DIR' RMySQL_.tar.gz ERROR: configuration failed for package 'RMySQL'