E: Package 'libmysqlclient18' has no installation candidate

I am installing mysql on Ubuntu 16.04 following

install the shared client libraries:

 shell> sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient18

$ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient18
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libmysqlclient18 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'libmysqlclient18' has no installation candidate

How shall I solve the error? Thanks.

2 Answers

The package libmysqlclient18 is in 12.04 and 14.04 only. Not 16.04.

The package libmysqlclient20 is in 16.04 and newer (as of JUN 2018)

Please let the mysql team know that their documentation needs to be updated.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 19.04 Release: 19.04 Codename: disco

sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench-community libmysqlclient20

this way works better -----> sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient20