Removing libmysqlclient16 cauces dependency issues, but keeping it causes problems for Ruby's mysql2 gem

libmysqlclient16.sh

[user@debian:~] 02:29:30 PM: aptitude purge libmysqlclient16
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
  libmysqlclient16{p} 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 4481 kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libdbd-mysql-perl: Depends: libmysqlclient16 (>= 5.1.21-1) but it is not going to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:
1)     libdbd-mysql-perl           
2)     mysql-client                
3)     mysql-client-5.5            
4)     mysql-server                
5)     mysql-server-5.5            



Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
1)     libmysqlclient16 [5.1.58-1~dotdeb.1 (now, stable)] 



Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q