How to install MySQL Connector/C on Mac OS X?

Question

I'm writing an app in C that requires MySQL interaction, so I downloaded the Connector/C archive from the official website, and it contains bin, lib and include folders, but I don't know where to install them. I could copy the include files into my project folder, but where can I put the lib file so that my compiled binary (and other binaries) can find it?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is confusing, isn't it.. don't know why they don't make this more clear.

The lib/ files go in /usr/local/lib The include/ files go in /usr/local/include The bin/ files go in /usr/local/bin

The /usr/.. directory isn't visible through finder afaik so you have to go at it via commandline. Best of luck

Also, in your Xcode project, make sure you add a Linked Library by going to your Target's settings, General, then adding Linked Library "libmysqlclient.dylib"

Answer 2

Alternatively, to do everything on the commandline by "mv", you could also execute (on cmdline):

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

and

killall Finder

to make the hidden folder /usr (and everything else) visible.

After placing your connector files (like Nektarios explicitly discribed where) and closing all "hidden folder - finder windows", execute on your cmd:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

and again

killall Finder

to hide what have to be hidden.