Seems version specific. For the latest version for precise I see: openxs@ao756:~$ dpkg --contents libperconaserverclient18.1-dev_5.6.17-66.0-608.precise_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/lib/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 4206786 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient.a drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/include/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/include/mysql/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1979 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_byteorder.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4255 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/errmsg.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2821 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_xml.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 10194 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/m_string.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4507 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/big_endian.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 25018 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 33772 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_global.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3411 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/little_endian.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4536 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/byte_order_generic_x86.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1313 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_com_server.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1185 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_embed.h drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 3409 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_auth.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1678 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_my_plugin_log.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1124 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/services.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 25018 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4379 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_thd_alloc.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5201 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/thread_pool_priv.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3361 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_my_snprintf.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5595 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/client_plugin.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 10908 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_audit.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 5348 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_mysql_string.h drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1915 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_stage.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 6571 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_table.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 6467 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_statement.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2518 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_idle.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 31203 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_socket.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 40085 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_file.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 32260 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_thread.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 69323 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/psi.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 9646 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_ftparser.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 1576 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_validate_password.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1869 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_thread_scheduler.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4142 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_audit.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 10747 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_auth.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 1986 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/client_plugin.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 3695 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_thd_wait.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1198 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/get_password.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4431 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_auth_common.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 333 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/client_authentication.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1391 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/innodb_priv.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7589 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_ftparser.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1924 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_alloc.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 16888 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/my_config.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 13389 2014-06-08 23:43 ./usr/include/mysql/sql_state.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2282 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/typelib.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4834 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sql_common.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 8204 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_dbug.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4016 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/byte_order_generic_x86_64.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2065 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_net.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1576 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin_validate_password.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5196 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/byte_order_generic.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7238 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_getopt.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 31451 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_pthread.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 33449 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/m_ctype.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4142 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin_audit.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5193 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/decimal.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1506 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_list.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3673 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_dir.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1350 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sslopt-case.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1367 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sslopt-vars.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2172 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_time.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 927 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_version.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 94022 2014-06-08 23:43 ./usr/include/mysql/mysqld_ername.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 34641 2014-06-08 23:43 ./usr/include/mysql/mysqld_error.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 41297 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_sys.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 29058 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4236 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_compiler.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7078 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/keycache.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 24523 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_com.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2101 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_attribute.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7589 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin_ftparser.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2556 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sslopt-longopts.h drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/aclocal/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 4221 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/share/aclocal/mysql.m4 drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 2263 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/man/man1/mysql_config.1.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/share/doc/libperconaserverclient18.1-dev/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 30876 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/share/doc/libperconaserverclient18.1-dev/copyright -rw-r--r-- root/root 1396 2014-06-08 23:41 ./usr/share/doc/libperconaserverclient18.1-dev/changelog.Debian.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/bin/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 6533 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/bin/mysql_config lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient.so -> libperconaserverclient.so.18 lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient_r.so -> libperconaserverclient.so lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:50 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient_r.a -> libperconaserverclient.a This is what I see in the latest for Ubuntu 13.10: openxs@ao756:~$ dpkg --contents libperconaserverclient18.1-dev_5.6.17-66.0-608.saucy_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/include/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/include/mysql/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 4255 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/errmsg.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4142 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin_audit.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7078 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/keycache.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4016 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/byte_order_generic_x86_64.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 25018 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2282 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/typelib.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 33772 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_global.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 41297 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_sys.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4536 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/byte_order_generic_x86.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 34641 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/mysqld_error.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 31451 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_pthread.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2172 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_time.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2556 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sslopt-longopts.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2821 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_xml.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1506 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_list.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2065 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_net.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1924 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_alloc.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4507 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/big_endian.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 16888 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/my_config.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 8204 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_dbug.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4834 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sql_common.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 24523 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_com.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 29058 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql.h drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1391 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/innodb_priv.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 10908 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_audit.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 4142 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_audit.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 25018 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5201 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/thread_pool_priv.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1124 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/services.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3409 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_auth.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5348 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_mysql_string.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1986 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/client_plugin.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 3361 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_my_snprintf.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5595 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/client_plugin.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 10747 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_auth.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 9646 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_ftparser.h.pp -rw-r--r-- root/root 333 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/client_authentication.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3695 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_thd_wait.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7589 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_ftparser.h drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 31203 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_socket.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 6467 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_statement.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2518 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_idle.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 69323 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/psi.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 40085 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_file.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1915 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_stage.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 6571 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_table.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 32260 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/psi/mysql_thread.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1678 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_my_plugin_log.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1198 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/get_password.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4431 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_auth_common.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1576 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/plugin_validate_password.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4379 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_thd_alloc.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1869 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql/service_thread_scheduler.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 94022 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/mysqld_ername.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1979 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_byteorder.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1367 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sslopt-vars.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7238 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_getopt.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3411 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/little_endian.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 7589 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin_ftparser.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 2101 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_attribute.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 10194 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/m_string.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1350 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/sslopt-case.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1185 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_embed.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1313 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_com_server.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 1576 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/plugin_validate_password.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 927 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/mysql_version.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 4236 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_compiler.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5196 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/byte_order_generic.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 5193 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/decimal.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 13389 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/include/mysql/sql_state.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 3673 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/my_dir.h -rw-r--r-- root/root 33449 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/include/mysql/m_ctype.h drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/bin/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 6533 2014-06-08 23:42 ./usr/bin/mysql_config drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/share/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/share/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 2263 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/share/man/man1/mysql_config.1.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/share/aclocal/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 4221 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/share/aclocal/mysql.m4 drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/share/doc/libperconaserverclient18.1-dev/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1396 2014-06-08 23:41 ./usr/share/doc/libperconaserverclient18.1-dev/changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 30876 2014-06-08 23:38 ./usr/share/doc/libperconaserverclient18.1-dev/copyright drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:47 ./usr/lib/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 4205186 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient.a lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient_r.a -> libperconaserverclient.a lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient_r.so -> libperconaserverclient.so lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-06-08 23:48 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperconaserverclient.so -> libperconaserverclient.so.18 So, maybe just upgrade?