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Re: Using mysql 5.1.16 beta client libraries on cygwin
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:00:23 -0400
- Subject: Re: Using mysql 5.1.16 beta client libraries on cygwin
- References: <eueklc$4r9$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 10:54:05PM +0200, Eric Lilja wrote:
>As many of you may know, the binary distribution of MySQL for Windows
>only ships with MSVC++ libraries. They have no binary distribution for
>Cygwin. So what do you do if you want to develop c or c++ programs
>talking to a native Windows MySQL server using the cygwin tools?
>
>Well, you can compile the client libraries yourself. Here's how I did it:
>$ tar xvzf mysql-5.1.16-beta.tar.gz
>$ cd mysql-5.1.16-beta
>$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5.1.16-beta
>--exec-prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5.1.16-beta --without-server
>--without-docs --without-man
>$ make
>$ make install
>
>Keep the source directory so you can uninstall with:
>$ make uninstall
If only there was some mechanism for sending precompiled cygwin-aware
mysql clients to a wider audience...
Nah. That's a crazy dream.
cgf
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