Hi everyone,

I dont know if this is the right place to ask this question. but this is the only place like this
I am registed with and I use linux so I thought I would give it a go.

I am trying to link libmysqlclient.so to my C program but don't know how. It can not find the library file

$ ld -llibmysqlclient.so
ld: cannot find -llibmysqlclient.so

$ ld -l/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so
ld: cannot find -l/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so

I am using Anjuta as my IDE, but at the monment I just want to know how to find the libraries. I am a working programmer but Windows Borland C++, moving all the code over to Linux as the licences are cheaper for the company

Please let me know if you need more information.

Thanks

By the way, I do have mysql installed and the .h and .so files are there

If YOU don't know where the library file is, then you can use locate or find to find it on your system:

locate uses a database that is updated regularly (once every day, or so). Just type:
locate libmysqlclient.so

But if you have recently added the file, or if you don't trust the database, then you could use find:
find / -name 'libmysqlclient.so'
This will probably take a while. Possibly long enough to go get another cup of tea.

When you have found your library, use flag -L with ld to include the path to your library in ld's search path.

Regards
Martin

May not be of use to you as I don't use ld directly but when I'm using gcc to compile I have amongst other options:

first one is an eye, I

-I/pathto/mysql/include/directory -L/pathto/mysql/Lib/directory -lmysqlclient

Don't know much about it really, only be using it to brush up on my C whilst doing something practical.

Thanks guys prob solved.