gcc wont compile and run MySQL C libraries

Question

#include 
#include 

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


        

Answer 1

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.