How can I solve this ? error: unable to find library -lmysqlclient

Question

I want to compile for my program and I am stuck here, I am usig freebsd 12.1 and gcc++6.4 + gnu gmake -j20 comand

Curent path

# mysql
INCDIR += -I../../../extern/mysql
LIBDIR += -L/usr/local/lib/mysq
LIBS   += -lmysqlclient -lz -pthread -lm -lssl -lcrypto
### END

Error in putty

root@vps:/usr/src/Sursa/Server/source/game/src # gmake -j20
linking ../game
ld: error: unable to find library -lmysqlclient
c++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
gmake: *** [Makefile:228: ../game] Error 1
root@vps:/usr/src/Sursa/Server/source/game/src #
root@vps:/usr/src/Sursa/Server/source/game/src #

I edited the typo and now i am geeting this

root@vps:/usr/src/Sursa/Server/source/game/src # gmake -j20
linking ../game
ld: error: /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a(client.c.o) is incompatible with elf_i386_fbsd
ld: error: /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a(libmysql.c.o) is incompatible with elf_i386_fbsd
ld: error: /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a(crypt_genhash_impl.cc.o) is incompatible with elf_i386_fbsd
c++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
gmake: *** [Makefile:228: ../game] Error 1
root@vps:/usr/src/Sursa/Server/source/game/src #

Answer 1

You have a typo in LIBDIR += -L/usr/local/lib/mysq - missing l .

Make sure you have mysql57-client package installed. If not, run pkg install mysql57-client .

Also, /usr/src dir is usually used to store FreeBSD source code. It is not a best idea to use it to store your own code.