I am trying to compile commercial_cut and receving this error:

cannot find -lmysqlclient

Any suggestions?

Run this command:

You should see the various forms of the library under the /usr/lib/ directory. Do you need to run configure or something like that first to get your makefile set up properly?

I found the solution, I had to add the -L parameter to the Makefile.

Well normally /usr/lib should be in your library path by default, but If that worked... <shrug>