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[pamalite]

hi,

i'm trying to develop a front-end for mysql server using Qt on the Mac and Linux.

there is no problem installing the shared library on Linux as Redhat provides RPM packages.

the problem is on my Mac OS X. i tried to compile my app, but it can't find the drivers needed. then, i realize the only libraries provided by MySQL AB is libmysqlclient.a, a static library, which my Qt doesn't want.

after looking through the manuals and the docs here, the only way to get the shared library is to recompile mysql and install it from source.

so, is there any way to install the shared client library without recompiling from source? i hope i'll need not to uninstall the current installation of mysql, which can be messy as i have PHP using the current installation.

thanks in advanced!

[pamalite]

after almost a day of googling with different kinds of queries, i finally stumble upon the solution to solve this problem at http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-interest/2004-03/thread00628-0.html

all i need to do is to add "-lmysqlclient" flag during qmake... so... instead of

> qmake -o Makefile "INCLUDEPATH+=/usr/local/mysql/include" "LIBS+=-L/usr/local/mysql/lib" mysql.pro

it should be

> qmake -o Makefile "INCLUDEPATH+=/usr/local/mysql/include" "LIBS+=-L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient" mysql.pro

according to that mailing list, it is a bug in the Qt project file.

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