Посмотрим версию:
rad@nemo:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
Посмотрим список пакетов:
rad@nemo:~$ dpkg -l|grep mysql
ii libdbd-mysql-perl 4.016-1 Perl5 database interface to the MySQL database
ii libmysqlclient16 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 MySQL database client library
ii libqt4-sql-mysql 4:4.7.0-0ubuntu4.2 Qt 4 MySQL database driver
ii mysql-client-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 MySQL database client binaries
ii mysql-client-core-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 MySQL database core client binaries
ii mysql-common 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf
ii mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup
ii mysql-server-core-5.1 5.1.49-1ubuntu8.1 MySQL database server binaries
ii python-mysqldb 1.2.2-10build1 A Python interface to MySQL
Обратите внимание на последний пакет!
А у вас как?