Couldn't load library libmysqlclient_r.so: libmysqlclient_r.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Downloaded and installed mySQL workbench. After entering connection details and trying to test connection gives the following error message

Couldn't load library libmysqlclient_r.so: libmysqlclient_r.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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1 year 47 weeks ago

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Not sure this is a bug or not, creating a symbolic link to the library solved the problem.

Here is how to create a symbolic link to mySqlClient library

sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libmysqlclient_r.so.16.0.0 /usr/lib/libmysqlclient_r.so

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