rpm -ivh MySQL-server-5.5.8-1.rhel4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-client-5.5.8-1.rhel4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-devel-5.5.8-1.rhel4.i386 .rpm
# g++ -g -I/usr/include/mysql version.cpp -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lpthread -ldl -o out
version.cpp
#include <mysql.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
mysql_init(NULL);
printf("MySQL client version: %s\n", mysql_get_client_info());
return 0;
}