mysql_config(1) — Linux manual page
MYSQL_CONFIG(1) MariaDB Database System MYSQL_CONFIG(1)
NAME
mysql_config - get compile options for compiling clients
SYNOPSIS
mysql_config options
DESCRIPTION
mysql_config provides you with useful information for compiling
your MariaDB client and connecting it to MariaDB.
mysql_config supports the following options.
• --cflags
Compiler flags to find include files and critical compiler
flags and defines used when compiling the libmysqlclient
library. The options returned are tied to the specific
compiler that was used when the library was created and might
clash with the settings for your own compiler. Use --include
for more portable options that contain only include paths.
• --include
Compiler options to find MariaDB include files.
• --libmysqld-libs, --embedded
Libraries and options required to link with the MariaDB
embedded server.
• --libs
Libraries and options required to link with the MariaDB
client library.
• --libs_r
Libraries and options required to link with the thread-safe
MariaDB client library.
• --plugindir
The default plugin directory path name, defined when
configuring MariaDB.
• --port
The default TCP/IP port number, defined when configuring
MariaDB.
• --socket
The default Unix socket file, defined when configuring
MariaDB.
• --variable=VAR
Path to MariaDB include, library and plugin directories. VAR
is one of `pkgincludedir`, `pkglibdir` and `plugindir`,
respectively.
• --version
Version number for the MariaDB distribution.
If you invoke mysql_config with no options, it displays a list of
all options that it supports, and their values:
shell> mysql_config
Usage: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config [options]
Options:
--cflags [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql -mcpu=pentiumpro]
--include [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql]
--libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz
-lcrypt -lnsl -lm -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto]
--libs_r [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r
-lpthread -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread]
--socket [/tmp/mysql.sock]
--port [3306]
--version [4.0.16]
--libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqld -lpthread -lz
-lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread -lrt]
You can use mysql_config within a command line to include the
value that it displays for a particular option. For example, to
compile a MariaDB client program, use mysql_config as follows:
shell> CFG=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
shell> sh -c "gcc -o progname `$CFG --include` progname.c `$CFG --libs`"
When you use mysql_config this way, be sure to invoke it within
backtick (“`”) characters. That tells the shell to execute it and
substitute its output into the surrounding command.
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SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
AUTHOR
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