Add mysql/ to PATH_SUFFIXES for the library search for mysql. On common distros libmysqlclient* is installed and/or symlinked into /usr/lib. Since we install the libraries into /usr/lib/mysql alone cppdb fails to properly link to it giving runtime errors. Status: https://sourceforge.net/p/cppcms/bugs/135/ Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura cppdb-0.3.1.orig/CMakeLists.txt cppdb-0.3.1/CMakeLists.txt --- cppdb-0.3.1.orig/CMakeLists.txt 2014-10-17 11:05:57.875429748 -0300 +++ cppdb-0.3.1/CMakeLists.txt 2014-10-17 11:12:57.486775484 -0300 @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ endif() if(NOT DISABLE_MYSQL) - find_library(MYSQL_LIB mysqlclient) + find_library(MYSQL_LIB mysqlclient PATH_SUFFIXES mysql) find_path(MYSQL_PATH mysql.h PATH_SUFFIXES mysql) if(MYSQL_LIB AND MYSQL_PATH) include_directories(${MYSQL_PATH})