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The MySQL driver for LibreOffice.
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It ships as an extension (.oxt file).
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== Requirements ==
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The MySQL driver for LibreOffice (MySQL Connector/LibreOffice - C/LibO)
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requires two external libraries to be built:
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1) The MySQL Client Library (libmysql) or MariaDB Client library
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2) The MySQL Connector/C++ Library (libmysqlcppconn)
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The MariaDB client library is provided as an external and will be
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automatically built if you pass "--without-system-mariadb" to
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autogens.sh.
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libmysqlcppconn is provided as an external and will be automatically
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compiled if you pass "--without-system-mysql-cppconn" to autogen.sh.
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The MySQL driver for LibreOffice does not reimplement the MySQL
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Client/Server communication protocol. The protocol implementation is
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part of the MySQL Client Library. The SDBC(X) driver is implemented as
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a wrapper of the MySQL Connector/C++ Library which implements a
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JDBC-like interface (which suits SDBC(X) well) and which in turn uses
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the C based MySQL Client Library.
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== Variants ==
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If configured with --with-system-mariadb --disable-bundle-mariadb, the
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driver will *not* ship a copy of the MySQL client C library and will
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expect it to be installed in a standard location on each system that
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it runs on. That is usually the right choice to create a native
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package/port for GNU/Linux, BSD, etc, where the packaging system
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handles dependencies and will ensure the availability of the MySQL
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client C library in the standard location.
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If configured with --with-system-mariadb --enable-bundle-mariadb, the
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driver will ship a copy of the MariaDB (or MySQL) client C library so
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that it works "out of the box" on any system. That (or
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--without-system-mariadb) is usually the right choice to create a
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stand-alone .oxt file that users can just install through the
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LibreOffice extensions manager, as is typical for Microsoft Windows
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and Apple MacOS X native (as opposed to MacPorts / fink / pkgsrc /
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...).
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--disable-bundle-mariadb is the default.
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== Installing the Requirements ==
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On modern/free-as-in-free-speech Unices, libmysql and libmysqlcppconn
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are probably available as a package/port. Install them using your
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distribution's tools. Make sure to install the development packages
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(whose name usually ends with -dev or -devel), and not only the
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libraries themselves.
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Else you can install the MariaDB Client Library from official MariaDB
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packages at https://downloads.mariadb.org/client-native/ .
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They have source and binary distributions for several platforms.
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At least series 2.0 is recommended, as series 1.0 are known to be too
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buggy. Additionally, version 2.0.0 is known to be incompatible with
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MySQL Connector/C++ version 1.1.4, which --without-system-mysqlcppconn
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uses, and which --with-system-mysqlcppconn could use
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(see https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/CONC-104).
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Use a version where the above incompatibility has been solved.
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Alternativaly, MySQL Client Library from official MySQL
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packages are at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/c/ .
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You can also install the MySQL Client Library (libmysql) as part of
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the MariaDB or MySQL Server, version 5.0 or later. Check the MariaDB
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or MySQL manual for instructions:
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https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/documentation/getting-started/getting-installing-and-upgrading-mariadb/
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http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/installing.html
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The typical installation path of the libmysql.so on Unix is
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/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/ .
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Official packages for libmysqlcppconn can be downloaded from
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http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/
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