Platform Variations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This file only covers details common to all Unix variants supported by MySQL++. For platform-specific details, see the file appropriate to your OS: README-Cygwin.txt README-Linux.txt README-Mac-OS-X.txt README-Solaris.txt There are no special instructions for any other Unix flavors. Building the Library and Example Programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MySQL++ uses GNU autoconf, so you can build it with the standard commands: $ ./configure $ make $ su # make install Configure Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The configure script takes several interesting options. Say: $ ./configure --help to get a list. Some of the more interesting flags are: --prefix: If you wish to install mysql++ in a root directory other than /usr/local, run configure with --prefix=/some/dir/name --with-mysql*: If you installed MySQL in an atypical location, the configure script will not be able to find the library and header files without help. The simplest way to clue configure into where MySQL is installed is with the --with-mysql option. Try something like "--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql", for instance. The configure script will then try to guess which subdirectories under the given directory contain the library and include files. If that doesn't work, it's because the library and header files aren't in typical locations under the directory you gave for configure to find them. So, you need to specify them separately with --with-mysql-include and --with-mysql-lib instead. As with --with-mysql, configure can often guess which subdirectory under the given directory contains the needed files, so you don't necessarily have to give the full path to these files. --with-field-limit: This lets you increase the maximum field limit for template queries and SSQLSes. By default, both are limited to 25 fields. See chapter 8.2 in the user manual for details: http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/doc/html/userman/configuration.html --enable-thread-check: Builds MySQL++ with threading support, if possible. This option simply turns on two tests: first, that your system uses a compatible threading library; and second, that the thread-safe version of the MySQL C API library (libmysqlclient_r) is installed and working. If both of these are true, you get a thread-aware version of MySQL++. "Thread-aware" means that the library does make an effort to prevent problems, but we don't guarantee that all possible uses of MySQL++ are thread-safe. Note that this is a suggestion, not a command. If we can't figure out the system's threading model or can't find the thread-aware build of the C API library, configure won't fail. It just reverts to the standard single-thread build. See the chapter on threading in the user manual for more details and advice on creating thread-safe programs with MySQL++. Building a Static Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As shipped, MySQL++ only builds a shared library. It's possible to change things so you get a static library instead. Before we get to "how," beware that liking statically to MySQL++ has legal consequences that may matter to you, due to the library's license, the GNU LGPL. Familiarize yourself with the license, and consider getting legal counsel before proceeding. Also, see the MySQL++ FAQ: http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/#faq There is more on this topic there. The necessary changes are all in mysql++.bkl: - Change the tag to . (Remember the closing tag!) - Remove the tag - Remove the tag Then, re-bootstrap the library. See HACKERS.txt if you need further instruction on doing that.