gcc wont compile and run MySQL C libraries

Question

#include 
#include 

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  printf(\"MySQL client version: %s\\n\", mysql_get_client_info());
}
         


        

Answer 1

MySQL comes with a special script called mysql_config. It provides you with useful information for compiling your MySQL client and connecting it to MySQL database server.

Pass --libs option - Libraries and options required to link with the MySQL client library.

$ mysql_config --libs

Typical Output:

-L/usr/lib64/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -L/usr/lib64 -lssl -lcrypto

Now you can add this to your compile/link line:

gcc -o mysql-test MySQL-Test.c $(mysql_config --libs)