Problem installing on a Beaglebone and Ångström

[PatrikBichis]

I get this error when installing

npm install db-mysql
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/db-mysql
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/db-mysql

db-mysql@0.7.6 install /usr/node_modules/db-mysql
node-waf configure build

Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++
Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp
Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar
Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib
Checking for g++ : ok
Checking for node path : not found
Checking for node prefix : ok /usr
Checking for program mysql_config : /usr/bin/mysql_config
Checking for library mysqlclient_r : Missing libmysqlclient_r
'configure' finished successfully (3.003s)
Waf: Entering directory /usr/node_modules/db-mysql/build' [ 1/12] cxx: lib/node-db/binding.cc -> build/Release/lib/node-db/binding_1.o [ 2/12] cxx: lib/node-db/connection.cc -> build/Release/lib/node-db/connection_1.o [ 3/12] cxx: lib/node-db/events.cc -> build/Release/lib/node-db/events_1.o [ 4/12] cxx: lib/node-db/exception.cc -> build/Release/lib/node-db/exception_1.o [ 5/12] cxx: lib/node-db/query.cc -> build/Release/lib/node-db/query_1.o [ 6/12] cxx: lib/node-db/result.cc -> build/Release/lib/node-db/result_1.o [ 7/12] cxx: src/connection.cc -> build/Release/src/connection_1.o [ 8/12] cxx: src/mysql.cc -> build/Release/src/mysql_1.o [ 9/12] cxx: src/query.cc -> build/Release/src/query_1.o [10/12] cxx: src/result.cc -> build/Release/src/result_1.o [11/12] cxx: src/mysql_bindings.cc -> build/Release/src/mysql_bindings_1.o [12/12] cxx_link: build/Release/lib/node-db/binding_1.o build/Release/lib/node-db/connection_1.o build/Release/lib/node-db/events_1.o build/Release/lib/node-db/exception_1.o build/Release/lib/node-db/query_1.o build/Release/lib/node-db/result_1.o build/Release/src/connection_1.o build/Release/src/mysql_1.o build/Release/src/query_1.o build/Release/src/result_1.o build/Release/src/mysql_bindings_1.o -> build/Release/mysql_bindings.node /usr/lib/gcc/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/4.5.4/../../../../arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient_r collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Waf: Leaving directory/usr/node_modules/db-mysql/build'
Build failed: -> task failed (err #1):
{task: cxx_link binding_1.o,connection_1.o,events_1.o,exception_1.o,query_1.o,result_1.o,connection_1.o,mysql_1.o,query_1.o,result_1.o,mysql_bindings_1.o -> mysql_bindings.node}

db-mysql@0.7.6 preuninstall /usr/node_modules/db-mysql
rm -rf build/*

npm ERR! db-mysql@0.7.6 install: node-waf configure build
npm ERR! sh "-c" "node-waf configure build" failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the db-mysql@0.7.6 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the db-mysql package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:

What can be the problem?

[qraynaud]

There is a bug on the configure. It correctly reports you that mysqlclient_r is missing but don't fails on it. It should have. you just need to install libmysql dev files here. Not a node-db-mysql bug.