mysql_config - Get Compile Options for Compiling Clients
mysql_config provides you with useful information for compiling your MariaDB client and connecting it to MariaDB.
mysql_config supports the following options.
--cflags
C 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.--cxxflags
Like
--cflags
, but for C++ compiler flags. This option was added in MariaDB 5.6.4.--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 MySQL.
--port
The default TCP/IP port number, defined when configuring MySQL.
--socket
The default Unix socket file, defined when configuring MySQL.
--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.