dyld: Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.XX.dylib

Owned by Francesco Borzì
Last updated: jun 12, 2018 by Marco Ebert
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Problem

Under macOS if you try to run the core and get the following error:

dyld: Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.18.dylib
Referenced from: /your/path/to/bin/./worldserver
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5

This means it is looking for libmysqlclient.18.dylib file under /usr/lib/ folder but that file is not there.

Solution

The solution is to locate that file and create a symbolic link under /usr/lib/ by typing:

sudo ln -s /path/to/your/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib

For example:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib