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mariadb-config(1)

mariadb-config1

Get compile options for compiling clients

Part of mariadb_config(1).

Usage

mariadb-dump options

Overview

mariadb-dump provides you with useful information for compiling your MariaDB client and connecting it to MariaDB.

mariadb-dump supports the following options.

• --cflags

Compiler flags to find include files and critical compiler flags and defines used when compiling the libmysqlclient library. The options returned are tied to the specific compiler that was used when the library was created and might clash with the settings for your own compiler. Use --include for more portable options that contain only include paths.

• --include

Compiler options to find MariaDB include files.

• --libmysqld-libs, --embedded

Libraries and options required to link with the MariaDB embedded server.

• --libs

Libraries and options required to link with the MariaDB client library.

• --libs_r

Libraries and options required to link with the thread-safe MariaDB client library.

• --plugindir

The default plugin directory path name, defined when configuring MariaDB.

• --port

The default TCP/IP port number, defined when configuring MariaDB.

• --socket

The default Unix socket file, defined when configuring MariaDB.

• --variable=VAR

Path to MariaDB include, library and plugin directories. VAR is one of `pkgincludedir`, `pkglibdir` and `plugindir`, respectively.

• --version

Version number for the MariaDB distribution.

If you invoke mariadb-dump with no options, it displays a list of all options that it supports, and their values:

shell> mariadb-dump
Usage: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mariadb-dump [options]
Options:
  --cflags         [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql -mcpu=pentiumpro]
  --include        [-I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql]
  --libs           [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz
                    -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto]
  --libs_r         [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r
                    -lpthread -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread]
  --socket         [/tmp/mysql.sock]
  --port           [3306]
  --version        [4.0.16]
  --libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqld -lpthread -lz
                    -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread -lrt]

You can use mariadb-dump within a command line to include the value that it displays for a particular option. For example, to compile a MariaDB client program, use mariadb-dump as follows:

shell> CFG=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mariadb-dump
shell> sh -c "gcc -o progname `$CFG --include` progname.c `$CFG --libs`"

When you use mariadb-dump this way, be sure to invoke it within backtick (“`”) characters. That tells the shell to execute it and substitute its output into the surrounding command.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Author

MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).

From mariadb-libs 13.0.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by mariadb-lts-libs. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.