[SOLVED] How to compile C++ with CMake and -L/usr/include/mariadb/mysql -lmariadbclient

Issue

My C++ file includes the mariadb/mysql.h as following.

#include <mariadb/mysql.h>

I compile my C++ file as following.

g++ -std=c++2a -g main.cpp -o main -lmariadbclient

It works fine. But if I want to compile my C++ file using CMakeLists.txt. How to compile the C++ source code with -lmariadbclient using CMake?

Solution

It looks like major distros ship with a pkg-config file for mariadb called "mysqlclient.pc".

So you can do:

find_package(FindPkgConfig REQUIRED)
pkg_check_modules(mariadb REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET "mysqlclient")

and then link it to your program like so:

target_link_libraries(my_program PUBLIC PkgConfig::mariadb)

Answered By - Botje

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)