[fpc-pascal]Re: [fpc-pascal]Re: [fpc-pascal]Can't find lmysqlclient What I'm missing?

[Anton Tichawa]

Eduardo Lopez wrote:

> Anton Tichawa escribió:
>
>> Excuse me if I#m wrong, but shouldn't that read:
>>
>> ln -s libmysqlclient.so.10.0.0 libmysqlclient.so
>>
>> ('lib' instead of 'l' in the second argument)
>>
> I'm sorry, but the error say:
>
> can't find  _lmysqlclient_

traditionally, libraries are prefixed -lbla for gcc and ld options and 
messages, but denote files named libbla.

e. g. to compile with library file libpthreads, you would enter 
-lpthreads to gcc.

so the library file names are all composed of "lib" and whatever comes 
behind "-l".

hth.

Anton.