External Libraries in XCode
- c++
- mysql
- xcode
I need to compile something and use the MySQL C++ library. I have mysql and mysql++ already compiled, I won’t go over how to do that now.
I added the following code to the top of my source:
#include <mysql++.h>
I got an error
/Users/jhaddad/dev/search_engine/main.cpp:4:21: error: mysql++.h: No such file or directory
Not cool.
How to fix:
In XCode, open up the project settings (under the project menu). Click the build tab. Go down to search paths, and you can change your Header search paths to the correct locations where you installed whatever you’re looking for. In this case, mine was /usr/local/includes and /usr/local/mysql/
Next time you try to recompile, you’ll get a different error, this time it should be during Linking. Might look something like the below.
“mysqlpp::Query::store(mysqlpp::SQLQueryParms&)”, referenced from:
Right click on your project in the left hand column (file listing), click “Add existing files”, then go to the prebuilt library (for me it was in /usr/local/lib), and add the file. You don’t have to copy it into the directory, you can just add it and it should work. Recompile and enjoy.
Edit: /usr/local/lib won’t be initially visible. Type command-shift-g and it’ll bring up a text field you can type a path into to go directly to a directory.
