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PROGRAM:

NAME

mysql_config - display options for compiling clients

SYNOPSIS

mysql_config options

DESCRIPTION

mysql_config provides you with useful information for compiling your MySQL client and
connecting it to MySQL. It is a shell script, so it is available only on Unix and
Unix-like systems.

Note
As of MySQL 5.7.9, pkg-config can be used as an alternative to mysql_config for
obtaining information such as compiler flags or link libraries required to compile
MySQL applications. For more information, see Section 23.8.4.2, “Building C API Client
Programs Using pkg-config”.

Note
As of MySQL 5.7.4, for binary distributions for Solaris, mysql_config does not provide
arguments for linking with the embedded library. To get linking arguments for the
embedded library, use the mysql_server_config script instead.

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.

· --include

Compiler options to find MySQL include files.

· --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. In
MySQL 5.7, all client libraries are thread-safe, so this option need not be used. The
--libs option can be used in all cases.

· --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.

· --variable=var_name

Display the value of the named configuration variable. Permitted var_name values are
pkgincludedir (the header file directory), pkglibdir (the library directory), and
plugindir (the plugin directory).

· --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]
--cxxflags [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql -mcpu=pentiumpro]
--include [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql]
--libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient
-lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl]
--libs_r [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r
-lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl]
--plugindir [/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin]
--socket [/tmp/mysql.sock]
--port [3306]
--version [5.7.9]
--libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqld
-lpthread -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lcrypt]
--variable=VAR VAR is one of:
pkgincludedir [/usr/local/mysql/include]
pkglibdir [/usr/local/mysql/lib]
plugindir [/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin]

You can use mysql_config within a command line using backticks to include the output that
it produces for particular options. For example, to compile and link a MySQL client
program, use mysql_config as follows:

gcc -c `mysql_config --cflags` progname.c
gcc -o progname progname.o `mysql_config --libs`

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