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On an up to date stretch, I want to install libmysqlclient-dev libmysqld-dev, but apt tells me it was not available in my sources.

/etc/opt/sources.list looks like this:

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ stretch main contrib non-free rpi
 deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ stretch main contrib non-free rpi
 deb https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
 deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ jessie main contrib non-free rpi
 deb-src http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi

I wonder what could be wrong?

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  • using apt search libmysqlclient-dev results in finding default-libmysqlclient-dev ... searching for libmysqld nothing is found - but then, I can't find anything that matches libmysqld on ANY Debian based system (amd64 or arm) - so it seems you want to install something, in that case, that doesn't exist at all
    – Jaromanda X
    Commented Feb 28, 2019 at 12:00
  • apt-get already fails at libmysqlclient-dev, it didn't even get to the second lib. That's probably even more trouble on the road ahead.
    – Jan
    Commented Feb 28, 2019 at 12:05
  • Not sure how relevant that is, of course it failed, because it doesn't exist
    – Jaromanda X
    Commented Feb 28, 2019 at 12:08

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Debian Stretch changed libmysqlclient-dev to libmariadbclient-dev.

MariaDB is a fork of MySQL that's more friendly in the open source world. It's compatible as a drop-in replacement, although you might find the setup steps have changed. It's covered in this guide to installing WordPress on a Raspberry Pi.

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