I've been trying to compile amarok 2.4 but am gettin problems with mysql. I'm supposed to use MySQL embeded for it but the instructions on how to do this don't work

tar xzvf mysql-5.1.28-rc.tar.gz
cd mysql-5.1.28
cp -R /path/to/amaroksource/supplementary_scripts/mysqle/* .
export MAKEOPTS=-j2 # or more if you have many CPU cores
./build-mysqle.sh --prefix=${HOME}/usr
then build Amarok like normal

When I try to do the 3rd line I get this error

cp: cannot stat `/home/vlad/amarok-2.4.0/src/supplementary_scripts/mysqle/*': No such file or directory

I'm obviously doing somphing wrong but can't figure out what

The supplementary scripts are located at the top level of a Amarok clone, rather than the src/ subfolder.

Your local path is therefore: /home/vlad/amarok-2.4.0/supplementary_scripts/mysqle/*

Unfortunately no it's not there either

That is extremely unusual. Your copy of the sources appears to be missing them unfortunately. You may want to try getting them straight from Git.

Well that solved the problem but I'm still having some trouble compiling. When get to 59% i get this error

[ 59%] Built target amarok_collection-mysqlecollection_automoc
Linking CXX shared module ../../../../../../lib/amarok_collection-mysqlecollection.so
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.4.4/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqld
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [lib/amarok_collection-mysqlecollection.so] Error 1
make[1]: *** [src/core-impl/collections/db/sql/mysqlecollection/CMakeFiles/amarok_collection-mysqlecollection.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Based on what I've found on Google it seems to be a common problem but the solution is supposed to be install MySQL which I have

vlad420 wrote:to be a common problem but the solution is supposed to be install MySQL which I have

maybe you don't have all the mysql modules required?

this is what one of the compiling tutorials specifies http://blogs.fsfe.org/myriam/2009/09/co ... l-summary/
libmysqlclient
libmysqlclient-dev
libmysqld-dev
libmysqld-pic
libwrap0-dev, needed as a dependency for MySQL
Note: If you have installed MySQL Embedded in non-default location (i.e. $HOME/usr), Amarok may fail to start with error regarding libmysqlclient library. In this case, add the following string to your ~/.bashrc:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/usr/lib/mysql:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
where $HOME/usr is the path you will use in the --prefix option when compiling

this is the mysql packages I've got installed in openSuse - I compile Amarok fine but not sure which are actually required for the task nor if they package names are the same for you

libmysqlcppconn-devel-1.0.5-6.2.x86_64
mysql-community-server-client-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64
libmysqlcppconn1-1.0.5-6.2.x86_64
mysql-community-server-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64
libqt4-sql-mysql-4.7.1-156.1.x86_64
libmysqlclient-devel-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64
libmysqld-devel-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64
libmysqlclient_r16-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64
libmysqlclient16-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64
libmysqld0-5.1.46-2.18.x86_64

I do seem to be missing the dev libraries but unfortunately the only packages I can find are debs and I'm using Slackware so I think I'm just gonna stick with 2.3 for now unless someone knows where I can get them.