25.9.2. mysql_config — Get Compile Options for Compiling Clients
mysql_config provides you with useful
information for compiling your MySQL client and connecting
it to MySQL.
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.
-
--include
Compiler options to find MySQL include files. (Note that
normally you would use --cflags instead
of this option.)
-
--libmysqld-libs,
--embedded
Libraries and options required to link with the MySQL
embedded server.
-
--libs
Libraries and options required to link with the MySQL
client library.
-
--libs_r
Libraries and options required to link with the
thread-safe MySQL client library.
-
--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 MySQL 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 MySQL client program, use
mysql_config as follows:
shell> CFG=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
shell> sh -c "gcc -o progname `$CFG --cflags` progname.c `$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.
