autoconf breaking on 'AX_LIB_MYSQL' - trace and packages installed

[dubayou]

I need to build some software for work that requires the use of a mysql client lib. Im pretty sure i have it install and that m4 or something isnt right. any ideas?


checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for python version... 2.6
checking for python platform... linux2
checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
./configure: line 4759: syntax error near unexpected token `AX_LIB_MYSQL'
./configure: line 4759: `AX_LIB_MYSQL()'



root@mrvoid:~# aptitude search libmysql
i libmysql++-dev - MySQL C++ library bindings (development)
p libmysql++-doc - MySQL C++ library bindings (documentation)
i A libmysql++3 - MySQL C++ library bindings (runtime)
p libmysql-cil-dev - MySQL database connector for CLI
p libmysql-java - Java database (JDBC) driver for MySQL
p libmysql-ocaml - OCaml bindings for MySql
p libmysql-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for MySql
v libmysql-ocaml-dev-u0s33 -
v libmysql-ocaml-u0s33 -
p libmysql-ruby - MySQL module for Ruby
p libmysql-ruby1.8 - MySQL module for Ruby 1.8
p libmysql-ruby1.9.1 - MySQL module for Ruby 1.9.1
p libmysql6.0-cil - MySQL database connector for CLI
p libmysql6.1-cil - MySQL database connector for CLI
i libmysqlclient-dev - MySQL database development files
v libmysqlclient15-dev -
i A libmysqlclient16 - MySQL database client library
pi libmysqlclient16-dev - MySQL database development files - empty transitional package
p libmysqlcppconn-dev - MySQL Connector for C++ (development files)
p libmysqlcppconn4 - MySQL Connector for C++ (library)
p libmysqld-dev - MySQL embedded database development files
p libmysqld-pic - MySQL database development files