mysql libmysqlclient_libmysqlclient.a无处可寻

在Amazon EC2上(uname -r给出“3.4.37-40.44.amzn1.x86_64”,我听说它基于Cent OS)我尝试安装：

yum install mysql

yum install mysql-devel

乃至

yum install mysql-libs

我正在尝试编译程序并将MySQL库链接到它.这在我的Mac上工作正常,(但Mac有libmysqlclient.a). libmysqlclient.a绝对无法在这台机器上找到.它只有libmysqlclient.so,以及它的许多版本.

$sudo find / -name libmysqlclient*

给

/usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so

/usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqlclient.so

/usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.18

/usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0

/etc/alternatives/libmysqlclient

/etc/alternatives/libmysqlclient_r

和

ls -l /usr/lib64/mysql

给

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Apr 11 19:21 libmysqlclient_r.so -> /etc/alternatives/libmysqlclient_r

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Apr 11 19:21 libmysqlclient.so -> /etc/alternatives/libmysqlclient

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Apr 11 18:24 libmysqlclient.so.18 -> libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2983360 Mar 14 10:09 libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11892 Mar 14 09:12 mysqlbug

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7092 Mar 14 10:08 mysql_config

所以唯一真正的文件是libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0.

编译器命令：

g++ main.cpp -L/usr/lib64/mysql -lmysqlclient.so.18.0.0

失败了

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient.so.18.0.0

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

所以有人在说谎,或者我在YUM回购中完全被扯掉了,并没有得到我想要的libmysqlclient.a.

(我避免在系统上使用许多符号链接,因此我可以消除可能的问题).