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 Building C API Client Programs Using pkg-config[1].

           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-libs, --embedded Libraries and options required to link with libmysqld,
           the MySQL embedded server.

               Note
               The libmysqld embedded server library is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.19 and has been removed in
               MySQL 8.0.

       •   --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`

COPYRIGHT

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       even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
       Public License for more details.

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       to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

NOTES

        1. Building C API Client Programs Using pkg-config
           https://dev.mysql.com/doc/c-api/5.7/en/c-api-building-clients-pkg-config.html

SEE ALSO

       For  more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally
       and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR

       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

MySQL 5.7                                          12/10/2020                                    MYSQL_CONFIG(1)