RMySQL package installation is no longer as easy as it used to be with the previous versions. The simple install.packages("RMySQL") no longer works like a magic! If you try this command on your latest R version, you are likely to get the following errors: Configuration error: "could not find the MySQL installation include and/or library directories. Manually specify the location of the MySQL libraries and the header files and re-run R CMD INSTALL." I have found the solution to this problem. You can also try this and see if your problem is being solved. Some simple steps are: Get mysql-connector-c-6.0.2-linux-glibc2.3-x86-64bit from this link here Un-tar the contents in your downloaded folder. There you will get two folders- 'library' and 'include'. on your /usr/local/include folder you will need to copy the contents of the 'library' and 'include' folder (copy the contents in the 'include' and 'library...
A rough draft of all my thoughts....