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 forgot to link against the MySQL library. Try adding -lmysql to your compilation line.

See http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/cpp/gcc/create_lib.html for more information.