gcc wont compile and run MySQL C libraries

Question

#include <my_global.h>
#include <mysql.h>

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

~$ gcc -o mysql-test MySQL-Test.c

im trying to execute this test program from terminal but get the following error message:

/tmp/cceEmI0I.o: In function main': MySQL-Test.c:(.text+0xa): undefined reference tomysql_get_client_info'

what is wrong? my system is ubuntu

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)

Answer 2

You need gcc -o mysql-test MySQL-Test.c -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz

Replace -L/usr/local/mysql/lib with wherever you client library is (if it isn't already in your libpath)

See the MySql instructions for building clients.

Answer 3

For uses of Netbeans on Linux

Open you make file (MakeFile) and add the following lines

# These are the flags that gcc requires in order to link correctly against our installed 
# client packages
MYSQL_LIBS := $(shell mysql_config --libs)

right below the Environment block.

Then right click on your project node , select Properties, Build and add $(MYSQL_LIBS) to the Additional options parameter.