Variable

Package

sql

Initial value

On Microsoft Windows:

"libmysql.dll"

On other platforms with pthreads:

"-lmysqlclient_r"

On other platforms without pthreads:

"-lmysqlclient"

Description

The variable *mysql-library-path* helps the system to locate the MySQL library for use with database-type :mysql. It specifies the library name, and can also be set to a full path. If it is not a name, the system searches the standard library locations.

You can override the value of *mysql-library-path* by setting the environment variable LW_MYSQL_LIBRARY.

See also

*mysql-library-directories*