mysql config cant be found on mdk 9.2

[_Qwerty_]

Hello!

 

I have an Mandrake 9.2 computer with MySQL 4.0.15 running.

 

I found a neat software on sourceforge called discdb that have a makefile that i need to edit, I need to enter the path to the libs for mysql for instance. And also for any mysql incs

 

Someone told me I should use "mysql_config --libs" to find out where they are, but i dont have any file called "mysql_config" and I have searched my computer and i cant find any config file for Mysqld.

 

people have suggested there should be an mysql config file either in /etc/my.cnf or /var/lib/mysql/my.cnf but i have neither, in fact i have searched the whole filesystem without finding any file.

 

perhaps i should remove the mysql mandrake have given me, and install a newer version from source that will have things in known places. 4.0.15 is rather old.

[_Qwerty_]

I have now installed Mandrake 10.0 and that way bumped mysql version up to 4.0.18 :)

 

This software im trying to compile has a Makefile that the README says i should edit a few lines of, it looks like this:

# User configurable

MYSQL=/usr/local/bin/mysql
MYSQL_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib/mysql
MYSQL_INCS=-I/usr/local/include/mysql
MYSQLPP_INCS=-I/usr/include/mysql++
INSTALLDIR=$(RPM_BUILD_ROOT)/usr/local
RPM_ROOT=/usr/src/redhat

 

I found my mysql executable like this:

[qwerty@qwerty discdb-0.4]$ whereis mysql
mysql: /usr/bin/mysql

 

but how do I find out any "MYSQL_INCS" or "MYSQL_LIBS"?

[Padma]

MYSQL_INCS and MYSQL_LIBS are not files, but are macros in the makefile.

 

Just edit the makefile so the paths they display read "/usr/bin/mysql", like the MYSQL macro. (But don't delete the parts that say "-I' and "-L".) :)