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## 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**
           **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].

       **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.

       •   **--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 8.0, 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:

           $> **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        [5.8.0-m17]
             --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
       Copyright © 1997, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the
       terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
       2 of the License.

       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
       WARRANTY; without 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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       not, write 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/8.0/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/>).



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