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MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual  / ...  / Installing MySQL  / Installing MySQL from Source  /  MySQL Source-Configuration Options

2.8.7 MySQL Source-Configuration Options

TheCMake program provides a great deal of control over how you configure a MySQL source distribution. Typically, you do this using options on theCMake command line. For information about options supported byCMake, run either of these commands in the top-level source directory:

$> cmake . -LH$> ccmake .

You can also affectCMake using certain environment variables. SeeSection 6.9, “Environment Variables”.

For boolean options, the value may be specified as1 orON to enable the option, or as0 orOFF to disable the option.

Many options configure compile-time defaults that can be overridden at server startup. For example, theCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX,MYSQL_TCP_PORT, andMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR options that configure the default installation base directory location, TCP/IP port number, and Unix socket file can be changed at server startup with the--basedir,--port, and--socket options formysqld. Where applicable, configuration option descriptions indicate the correspondingmysqld startup option.

The following sections provide more information aboutCMake options.

CMake Option Reference

The following table shows the availableCMake options. In theDefault column,PREFIX stands for the value of theCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option, which specifies the installation base directory. This value is used as the parent location for several of the installation subdirectories.

Table 2.14 MySQL Source-Configuration Option Reference(CMake)

FormatsDescriptionDefaultIntroducedRemoved
ADD_GDB_INDEXWhether to enable generation of .gdb_index section in binaries8.0.18
BUILD_CONFIGUse same build options as official releases
BUNDLE_RUNTIME_LIBRARIESBundle runtime libraries with server MSI and Zip packages for WindowsOFF
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPEType of build to produceRelWithDebInfo
CMAKE_CXX_FLAGSFlags for C++ Compiler
CMAKE_C_FLAGSFlags for C Compiler
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIXInstallation base directory/usr/local/mysql
COMPILATION_COMMENTComment about compilation environment
COMPILATION_COMMENT_SERVERComment about compilation environment for use by mysqld8.0.14
COMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONSCompress debug sections of binary executablesOFF8.0.22
CPACK_MONOLITHIC_INSTALLWhether package build produces single fileOFF
DEFAULT_CHARSETThe default server character setutf8mb4
DEFAULT_COLLATIONThe default server collationutf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
DISABLE_PSI_CONDExclude Performance Schema condition instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_DATA_LOCKExclude the performance schema data lock instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_ERRORExclude the performance schema server error instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_FILEExclude Performance Schema file instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_IDLEExclude Performance Schema idle instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_MEMORYExclude Performance Schema memory instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_METADATAExclude Performance Schema metadata instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_MUTEXExclude Performance Schema mutex instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_PSExclude the performance schema prepared statementsOFF
DISABLE_PSI_RWLOCKExclude Performance Schema rwlock instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_SOCKETExclude Performance Schema socket instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_SPExclude Performance Schema stored program instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_STAGEExclude Performance Schema stage instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_STATEMENTExclude Performance Schema statement instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_STATEMENT_DIGESTExclude Performance Schema statements_digest instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_TABLEExclude Performance Schema table instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_THREADExclude the performance schema thread instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_PSI_TRANSACTIONExclude the performance schema transaction instrumentationOFF
DISABLE_SHAREDDo not build shared libraries, compile position-dependent codeOFF8.0.18
DOWNLOAD_BOOSTWhether to download the Boost libraryOFF
DOWNLOAD_BOOST_TIMEOUTTimeout in seconds for downloading the Boost library600
ENABLED_LOCAL_INFILEWhether to enable LOCAL for LOAD DATAOFF
ENABLED_PROFILINGWhether to enable query profiling codeON
ENABLE_DOWNLOADSWhether to download optional filesOFF8.0.26
ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_SYSVARSWhether to enabled experimental InnoDB system variablesOFF
ENABLE_GCOVWhether to include gcov support
ENABLE_GPROFEnable gprof (optimized Linux builds only)OFF
FORCE_COLORED_OUTPUTWhether to colorize compiler outputOFF8.0.33
FORCE_INSOURCE_BUILDWhether to force an in-source buildOFF8.0.14
FORCE_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILERWhether to permit unsupported compilersOFF
FPROFILE_GENERATEWhether to generate profile guided optimization dataOFF8.0.19
FPROFILE_USEWhether to use profile guided optimization dataOFF8.0.19
HAVE_PSI_MEMORY_INTERFACEEnable performance schema memory tracing module for memory allocation functions used in dynamic storage of over-aligned typesOFF8.0.26
IGNORE_AIO_CHECKWith -DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release, ignore libaio checkOFF
INSTALL_BINDIRUser executables directoryPREFIX/bin
INSTALL_DOCDIRDocumentation directoryPREFIX/docs
INSTALL_DOCREADMEDIRREADME file directoryPREFIX
INSTALL_INCLUDEDIRHeader file directoryPREFIX/include
INSTALL_INFODIRInfo file directoryPREFIX/docs
INSTALL_LAYOUTSelect predefined installation layoutSTANDALONE
INSTALL_LIBDIRLibrary file directoryPREFIX/lib
INSTALL_MANDIRManual page directoryPREFIX/man
INSTALL_MYSQLKEYRINGDIRDirectory for keyring_file plugin data fileplatform specific
INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIRShared data directoryPREFIX/share
INSTALL_MYSQLTESTDIRmysql-test directoryPREFIX/mysql-test
INSTALL_PKGCONFIGDIRDirectory for mysqlclient.pc pkg-config fileINSTALL_LIBDIR/pkgconfig
INSTALL_PLUGINDIRPlugin directoryPREFIX/lib/plugin
INSTALL_PRIV_LIBDIRInstallation private library directory8.0.18
INSTALL_SBINDIRServer executable directoryPREFIX/bin
INSTALL_SECURE_FILE_PRIVDIRsecure_file_priv default valueplatform specific
INSTALL_SHAREDIRaclocal/mysql.m4 installation directoryPREFIX/share
INSTALL_STATIC_LIBRARIESWhether to install static librariesON
INSTALL_SUPPORTFILESDIRExtra support files directoryPREFIX/support-files
LINK_RANDOMIZEWhether to randomize order of symbols in mysqld binaryOFF
LINK_RANDOMIZE_SEEDSeed value for LINK_RANDOMIZE optionmysql
MAX_INDEXESMaximum indexes per table64
MEMCACHED_HOMEPath to memcached; obsolete[none]8.0.23
MSVC_CPPCHECKEnable MSVC code analysis.OFF8.0.33
MUTEX_TYPEInnoDB mutex typeevent
MYSQLX_TCP_PORTTCP/IP port number used by X Plugin33060
MYSQLX_UNIX_ADDRUnix socket file used by X Plugin/tmp/mysqlx.sock
MYSQL_DATADIRData directory
MYSQL_MAINTAINER_MODEWhether to enable MySQL maintainer-specific development environmentOFF
MYSQL_PROJECT_NAMEWindows/macOS project nameMySQL
MYSQL_TCP_PORTTCP/IP port number3306
MYSQL_UNIX_ADDRUnix socket file/tmp/mysql.sock
NDB_UTILS_LINK_DYNAMICCause NDB tools to be dynamically linked to ndbclient8.0.22
ODBC_INCLUDESODBC includes directory
ODBC_LIB_DIRODBC library directory
OPTIMIZER_TRACEWhether to support optimizer tracing
OPTIMIZE_SANITIZER_BUILDSWhether to optimize sanitizer buildsON8.0.34
REPRODUCIBLE_BUILDTake extra care to create a build result independent of build location and time
SHOW_SUPPRESSED_COMPILER_WARNINGWhether to show suppressed compiler warnings and not fail with -Werror.OFF8.0.30
SYSCONFDIROption file directory
SYSTEMD_PID_DIRDirectory for PID file under systemd/var/run/mysqld
SYSTEMD_SERVICE_NAMEName of MySQL service under systemdmysqld
TMPDIRtmpdir default value
USE_LD_GOLDWhether to use GNU gold linkerON8.0.31
USE_LD_LLDWhether to use LLVM lld linkerON8.0.16
WIN_DEBUG_NO_INLINEWhether to disable function inliningOFF
WITHOUT_SERVERDo not build the server; internal use onlyOFF
WITHOUT_xxx_STORAGE_ENGINEExclude storage engine xxx from build
WITH_ANTPath to Ant for building GCS Java wrapper
WITH_ASANEnable AddressSanitizerOFF
WITH_ASAN_SCOPEEnable AddressSanitizer -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope Clang flagOFF
WITH_AUTHENTICATION_CLIENT_PLUGINSEnabled automatically if any corresponding server authentication plugins are built8.0.26
WITH_AUTHENTICATION_LDAPWhether to report error if LDAP authentication plugins cannot be builtOFF
WITH_AUTHENTICATION_PAMBuild PAM authentication pluginOFF
WITH_AWS_SDKLocation of Amazon Web Services software development kit
WITH_BOOSTThe location of the Boost library sources
WITH_BUILD_IDOn Linux systems, generate a unique build IDON8.0.31
WITH_BUNDLED_LIBEVENTUse bundled libevent when building ndbmemcache; obsoleteON8.0.23
WITH_BUNDLED_MEMCACHEDUse bundled memcached when building ndbmemcache; obsoleteON8.0.23
WITH_CLASSPATHClasspath to use when building MySQL Cluster Connector for Java. Default is an empty string.
WITH_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_TRACINGBuild client-side protocol tracing frameworkON
WITH_CURLLocation of curl library
WITH_DEBUGWhether to include debugging supportOFF
WITH_DEFAULT_COMPILER_OPTIONSWhether to use default compiler optionsON
WITH_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SETWhether to use default feature setON8.0.22
WITH_DEVELOPER_ENTITLEMENTSWhether to add the 'get-task-allow' entitlement to all executables on macOS to generate a core dump in the event of an unexpected server haltOFF8.0.30
WITH_EDITLINEWhich libedit/editline library to usebundled
WITH_ERROR_INSERTEnable error injection in the NDB storage engine. Should not be used for building binaries intended for production.OFF
WITH_FIDOType of FIDO library supportbundled8.0.27
WITH_GMOCKPath to googlemock distribution8.0.26
WITH_ICUType of ICU supportbundled
WITH_INNODB_EXTRA_DEBUGWhether to include extra debugging support for InnoDB.OFF
WITH_INNODB_MEMCACHEDWhether to generate memcached shared libraries.OFF
WITH_JEMALLOCWhether to link with -ljemallocOFF8.0.16
WITH_KEYRING_TESTBuild the keyring test programOFF
WITH_LIBEVENTWhich libevent library to usebundled
WITH_LIBWRAPWhether to include libwrap (TCP wrappers) supportOFF
WITH_LOCK_ORDERWhether to enable LOCK_ORDER toolingOFF8.0.17
WITH_LSANWhether to run LeakSanitizer, without AddressSanitizerOFF8.0.16
WITH_LTOEnable link-time optimizerOFF8.0.13
WITH_LZ4Type of LZ4 library supportbundled
WITH_LZMAType of LZMA library supportbundled8.0.16
WITH_MECABCompiles MeCab
WITH_MSANEnable MemorySanitizerOFF
WITH_MSCRT_DEBUGEnable Visual Studio CRT memory leak tracingOFF
WITH_MYSQLXWhether to disable X ProtocolON
WITH_NDBBuild MySQL NDB Cluster, including NDB storage engine and all NDB programsOFF8.0.31
WITH_NDBAPI_EXAMPLESBuild API example programs.OFF
WITH_NDBCLUSTERNDB 8.0.30 and earlier: Build NDB storage engine. NDB 8.0.31 and later: Deprecated; use WITH_NDB insteadOFF
WITH_NDBCLUSTER_STORAGE_ENGINEPrior to NDB 8.0.31, this was for internal use only. NDB 8.0.31 and later: toggles (only) inclusion of NDBCLUSTER storage engineON
WITH_NDBMTDBuild multithreaded data node binaryON
WITH_NDB_DEBUGProduce a debug build for testing or troubleshooting.OFF
WITH_NDB_JAVAEnable building of Java and ClusterJ support. Enabled by default. Supported in MySQL Cluster only.ON
WITH_NDB_PORTDefault port used by a management server built with this option. If this option was not used to build it, the management server's default port is 1186.[none]
WITH_NDB_TESTInclude NDB API test programs.OFF
WITH_NUMASet NUMA memory allocation policy
WITH_PACKAGE_FLAGSFor flags typically used for RPM/DEB packages, whether to add them to standalone builds on those platforms8.0.26
WITH_PLUGIN_NDBCLUSTERFor internal use; may not work as expected in all circumstances. Instead, users should employ WITH_NDBCLUSTER8.0.138.0.31
WITH_PROTOBUFWhich Protocol Buffers package to usebundled
WITH_RAPIDWhether to build rapid development cycle pluginsON
WITH_RAPIDJSONType of RapidJSON supportbundled8.0.13
WITH_RE2Type of RE2 library supportbundled8.0.18
WITH_ROUTERWhether to build MySQL RouterON8.0.16
WITH_SASLInternal use only
WITH_SSLType of SSL supportsystem
WITH_SYSTEMDEnable installation of systemd support filesOFF
WITH_SYSTEMD_DEBUGEnable additional systemd debug informationOFF8.0.22
WITH_SYSTEM_LIBSSet system value of library options not set explicitlyOFF
WITH_TCMALLOCWhether to link with -ltcmalloc. BUNDLED is supported on Linux onlyOFF8.0.22
WITH_TEST_TRACE_PLUGINBuild test protocol trace pluginOFF
WITH_TSANEnable ThreadSanitizerOFF
WITH_UBSANEnable Undefined Behavior SanitizerOFF
WITH_UNIT_TESTSCompile MySQL with unit testsON
WITH_UNIXODBCEnable unixODBC supportOFF
WITH_VALGRINDWhether to compile in Valgrind header filesOFF
WITH_WIN_JEMALLOCPath to directory containing jemalloc.dll8.0.29
WITH_ZLIBType of zlib supportbundled
WITH_ZSTDType of zstd supportbundled8.0.18
WITH_xxx_STORAGE_ENGINECompile storage engine xxx statically into server

General Options

  • -DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release

    This option configures a source distribution with the same build options used by Oracle to produce binary distributions for official MySQL releases.

  • -DWITH_BUILD_ID=bool

    On Linux systems, generates a unique build ID which is used as the value of thebuild_id system variable and written to the MySQL server log on startup. Set this option toOFF to disable this feature.

    Added in MySQL 8.0.31, this option has no effect on platforms other than Linux.

  • -DBUNDLE_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES=bool

    Whether to bundle runtime libraries with server MSI and Zip packages for Windows.

  • -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type

    The type of build to produce:

    • RelWithDebInfo: Enable optimizations and generate debugging information. This is the default MySQL build type.

    • Release: Enable optimizations but omit debugging information to reduce the build size. This build type was added in MySQL 8.0.13.

    • Debug: Disable optimizations and generate debugging information. This build type is also used if theWITH_DEBUG option is enabled. That is,-DWITH_DEBUG=1 has the same effect as-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug.

    The option valuesNone andMinSizeRel are not supported.

  • -DCPACK_MONOLITHIC_INSTALL=bool

    This option affects whether themake package operation produces multiple installation package files or a single file. If disabled, the operation produces multiple installation package files, which may be useful if you want to install only a subset of a full MySQL installation. If enabled, it produces a single file for installing everything.

  • -DFORCE_INSOURCE_BUILD=bool

    Defines whether to force an in-source build. Out-of-source builds are recommended, as they permit multiple builds from the same source, and cleanup can be performed quickly by removing the build directory. To force an in-source build, invokeCMake with-DFORCE_INSOURCE_BUILD=ON.

  • -DFORCE_COLORED_OUTPUT=bool

    Defines whether to enable colorized compiler output forgcc andclang when compiling on the command line. Defaults toOFF.

Installation Layout Options

TheCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX option indicates the base installation directory. Other options with names of the formINSTALL_xxx that indicate component locations are interpreted relative to the prefix and their values are relative pathnames. Their values should not include the prefix.

Storage Engine Options

Storage engines are built as plugins. You can build a plugin as a static module (compiled into the server) or a dynamic module (built as a dynamic library that must be installed into the server using theINSTALL PLUGIN statement or the--plugin-load option before it can be used). Some plugins might not support static or dynamic building.

TheInnoDB,MyISAM,MERGE,MEMORY, andCSV engines are mandatory (always compiled into the server) and need not be installed explicitly.

To compile a storage engine statically into the server, use-DWITH_engine_STORAGE_ENGINE=1. Some permissibleengine values areARCHIVE,BLACKHOLE,EXAMPLE, andFEDERATED. Examples:

-DWITH_ARCHIVE_STORAGE_ENGINE=1-DWITH_BLACKHOLE_STORAGE_ENGINE=1

To build MySQL with support for NDB Cluster, use theWITH_NDB option. (NDB 8.0.30 and earlier: UseWITH_NDBCLUSTER.)

Note

It is not possible to compile without Performance Schema support. If it is desired to compile without particular types of instrumentation, that can be done with the followingCMake options:

DISABLE_PSI_CONDDISABLE_PSI_DATA_LOCKDISABLE_PSI_ERRORDISABLE_PSI_FILEDISABLE_PSI_IDLEDISABLE_PSI_MEMORYDISABLE_PSI_METADATADISABLE_PSI_MUTEXDISABLE_PSI_PSDISABLE_PSI_RWLOCKDISABLE_PSI_SOCKETDISABLE_PSI_SPDISABLE_PSI_STAGEDISABLE_PSI_STATEMENTDISABLE_PSI_STATEMENT_DIGESTDISABLE_PSI_TABLEDISABLE_PSI_THREADDISABLE_PSI_TRANSACTION

For example, to compile without mutex instrumentation, configure MySQL using-DDISABLE_PSI_MUTEX=1.

To exclude a storage engine from the build, use-DWITH_engine_STORAGE_ENGINE=0. Examples:

-DWITH_ARCHIVE_STORAGE_ENGINE=0-DWITH_EXAMPLE_STORAGE_ENGINE=0-DWITH_FEDERATED_STORAGE_ENGINE=0

It is also possible to exclude a storage engine from the build using-DWITHOUT_engine_STORAGE_ENGINE=1 (but-DWITH_engine_STORAGE_ENGINE=0 is preferred). Examples:

-DWITHOUT_ARCHIVE_STORAGE_ENGINE=1-DWITHOUT_EXAMPLE_STORAGE_ENGINE=1-DWITHOUT_FEDERATED_STORAGE_ENGINE=1

If neither-DWITH_engine_STORAGE_ENGINE nor-DWITHOUT_engine_STORAGE_ENGINE are specified for a given storage engine, the engine is built as a shared module, or excluded if it cannot be built as a shared module.

Feature Options

  • -DADD_GDB_INDEX=bool

    This option determines whether to enable generation of a.gdb_index section in binaries, which makes loading them in a debugger faster. The option is disabled by default.lld linker is used, and is disabled by It has no effect if a linker other thanlld or GNUgold is used.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

  • -DCOMPILATION_COMMENT=string

    A descriptive comment about the compilation environment. As of MySQL 8.0.14,mysqld usesCOMPILATION_COMMENT_SERVER. Other programs continue to useCOMPILATION_COMMENT.

  • -DCOMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS=bool

    Whether to compress the debug sections of binary executables (Linux only). Compressing executable debug sections saves space at the cost of extra CPU time during the build process.

    The default isOFF. If this option is not set explicitly but theCOMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS environment variable is set, the option takes its value from that variable.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.22.

  • -DCOMPILATION_COMMENT_SERVER=string

    A descriptive comment about the compilation environment for use bymysqld (for example, to set theversion_comment system variable). This option was added in MySQL 8.0.14. Prior to 8.0.14, the server usesCOMPILATION_COMMENT.

  • -DDEFAULT_CHARSET=charset_name

    The server character set. By default, MySQL uses theutf8mb4 character set.

    charset_name may be one ofbinary,armscii8,ascii,big5,cp1250,cp1251,cp1256,cp1257,cp850,cp852,cp866,cp932,dec8,eucjpms,euckr,gb2312,gbk,geostd8,greek,hebrew,hp8,keybcs2,koi8r,koi8u,latin1,latin2,latin5,latin7,macce,macroman,sjis,swe7,tis620,ucs2,ujis,utf8mb3,utf8mb4,utf16,utf16le,utf32.

    This value can be set at server startup with the--character-set-server option.

  • -DDEFAULT_COLLATION=collation_name

    The server collation. By default, MySQL usesutf8mb4_0900_ai_ci. Use theSHOW COLLATION statement to determine which collations are available for each character set.

    This value can be set at server startup with the--collation_server option.

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_COND=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema condition instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_FILE=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema file instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_IDLE=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema idle instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_MEMORY=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema memory instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_METADATA=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema metadata instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_MUTEX=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema mutex instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_RWLOCK=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema rwlock instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_SOCKET=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema socket instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_SP=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema stored program instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_STAGE=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema stage instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_STATEMENT=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema statement instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_STATEMENT_DIGEST=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema statement digest instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_TABLE=bool

    Whether to exclude the Performance Schema table instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_SHARED=bool

    Whether to disable building build shared libraries and compile position-dependent code. The default isOFF (compile position-independent code).

    This option is unused, and was removed in MySQL 8.0.18.

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_PS=bool

    Exclude the Performance Schema prepared statements instances instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_THREAD=bool

    Exclude the Performance Schema thread instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

    Only disable threads when building without any instrumentation, because other instrumentations have a dependency on threads.

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_TRANSACTION=bool

    Exclude the Performance Schema transaction instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_DATA_LOCK=bool

    Exclude the performance schema data lock instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDISABLE_PSI_ERROR=bool

    Exclude the performance schema server error instrumentation. The default isOFF (include).

  • -DDOWNLOAD_BOOST=bool

    Whether to download the Boost library. The default isOFF.

    See theWITH_BOOST option for additional discussion about using Boost.

  • -DDOWNLOAD_BOOST_TIMEOUT=seconds

    The timeout in seconds for downloading the Boost library. The default is 600 seconds.

    See theWITH_BOOST option for additional discussion about using Boost.

  • -DENABLE_DOWNLOADS=bool

    Whether to download optional files. For example, with this option enabled,CMake downloads the Google Test distribution that is used by the test suite to run unit tests, or Ant and JUnit, required for building the GCS Java wrapper.

    As of MySQL 8.0.26, MySQL source distributions bundle the Google Test source code used to run unit tests. Consequently, as of that version theWITH_GMOCK andENABLE_DOWNLOADSCMake options are removed and are ignored if specified.

  • -DENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_SYSVARS=bool

    Whether to enable experimentalInnoDB system variables. Experimental system variables are intended for those engaged in MySQL development, should only be used in a development or test environment, and may be removed without notice in a future MySQL release. For information about experimental system variables, refer to/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc in the MySQL source tree. Experimental system variables can be identified by searching forPLUGIN_VAR_EXPERIMENTAL.

  • -DENABLE_GCOV=bool

    Whether to includegcov support (Linux only).

  • -DENABLE_GPROF=bool

    Whether to enablegprof (optimized Linux builds only).

  • -DENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE=bool

    This option controls the compiled-in defaultLOCAL capability for the MySQL client library. Clients that make no explicit arrangements therefore haveLOCAL capability disabled or enabled according to theENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE setting specified at MySQL build time.

    By default, the client library in MySQL binary distributions is compiled withENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE disabled. If you compile MySQL from source, configure it withENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE disabled or enabled based on whether clients that make no explicit arrangements should haveLOCAL capability disabled or enabled, respectively.

    ENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE controls the default for client-sideLOCAL capability. For the server, thelocal_infile system variable controls server-sideLOCAL capability. To explicitly cause the server to refuse or permitLOAD DATA LOCAL statements (regardless of how client programs and libraries are configured at build time or runtime), startmysqld with--local-infile disabled or enabled, respectively.local_infile can also be set at runtime. SeeSection 8.1.6, “Security Considerations for LOAD DATA LOCAL”.

  • -DENABLED_PROFILING=bool

    Whether to enable query profiling code (for theSHOW PROFILE andSHOW PROFILES statements).

  • -DFORCE_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER=bool

    By default,CMake checks for minimum versions ofsupported compilers; to disable this check, use-DFORCE_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER=ON.

  • -DFPROFILE_GENERATE=bool

    Whether to generate profile guided optimization (PGO) data. This option is available for experimenting with PGO with GCC. Seecmake/fprofile.cmake in the MySQL source distribution for information about usingFPROFILE_GENERATE andFPROFILE_USE. These options have been tested with GCC 8 and 9.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.19.

  • -DFPROFILE_USE=bool

    Whether to use profile guided optimization (PGO) data. This option is available for experimenting with PGO with GCC. See thecmake/fprofile.cmake file in a MySQL source distribution for information about usingFPROFILE_GENERATE andFPROFILE_USE. These options have been tested with GCC 8 and 9.

    EnablingFPROFILE_USE also enablesWITH_LTO.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.19.

  • -DHAVE_PSI_MEMORY_INTERFACE=bool

    Whether to enable the performance schema memory tracing module for memory allocation functions (ut::aligned_name library functions) used in dynamic storage of over-aligned types.

  • -DIGNORE_AIO_CHECK=bool

    If the-DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release option is given on Linux, thelibaio library must be linked in by default. If you do not havelibaio or do not want to install it, you can suppress the check for it by specifying-DIGNORE_AIO_CHECK=1.

  • -DMAX_INDEXES=num

    The maximum number of indexes per table. The default is 64. The maximum is 255. Values smaller than 64 are ignored and the default of 64 is used.

  • -DMYSQL_MAINTAINER_MODE=bool

    Whether to enable a MySQL maintainer-specific development environment. If enabled, this option causes compiler warnings to become errors.

  • -DWITH_DEVELOPER_ENTITLEMENTS=bool

    Whether to add theget-task-allow entitlement to all executables to generate a core dump in the event of an unexpected server halt.

    On macOS 11+, core dumps are limited to processes with thecom.apple.security.get-task-allow entitlement, which this CMake option enables. The entitlement allows other processes to attach and read/modify the processes memory, and allows--core-file to function as expected.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.30.

  • -DMUTEX_TYPE=type

    The mutex type used byInnoDB. Options include:

    • event: Use event mutexes. This is the default value and the originalInnoDB mutex implementation.

    • sys: Use POSIX mutexes on UNIX systems. UseCRITICAL_SECTION objects on Windows, if available.

    • futex: Use Linux futexes instead of condition variables to schedule waiting threads.

  • -DMYSQLX_TCP_PORT=port_num

    The port number on which X Plugin listens for TCP/IP connections. The default is 33060.

    This value can be set at server startup with themysqlx_port system variable.

  • -DMYSQLX_UNIX_ADDR=file_name

    The Unix socket file path on which the server listens for X Plugin socket connections. This must be an absolute path name. The default is/tmp/mysqlx.sock.

    This value can be set at server startup with themysqlx_port system variable.

  • -DMYSQL_PROJECT_NAME=name

    For Windows or macOS, the project name to incorporate into the project file name.

  • -DMYSQL_TCP_PORT=port_num

    The port number on which the server listens for TCP/IP connections. The default is 3306.

    This value can be set at server startup with the--port option.

  • -DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=file_name

    The Unix socket file path on which the server listens for socket connections. This must be an absolute path name. The default is/tmp/mysql.sock.

    This value can be set at server startup with the--socket option.

  • -DOPTIMIZER_TRACE=bool

    Whether to support optimizer tracing. SeeSection 10.15, “Tracing the Optimizer”.

  • -DREPRODUCIBLE_BUILD=bool

    For builds on Linux systems, this option controls whether to take extra care to create a build result independent of build location and time.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.11. As of MySQL 8.0.12, it defaults toON forRelWithDebInfo builds.

  • -DSHOW_SUPPRESSED_COMPILER_WARNINGS=bool

    Show suppressed compiler warnings, and do so without failing with-Werror. Defaults toOFF.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.30.

  • -DUSE_LD_GOLD=bool

    GNUgold linker support was removed in MySQL 8.0.31; this CMake option was also removed.

    CMake causes the build process to link with the GNUgold linker if it is available and not explicitly disabled. To disable use of this linker, specify the-DUSE_LD_GOLD=OFF option.

  • -DUSE_LD_LLD=bool

    CMake causes the build process to link using the LLVMlld linker for Clang if it is available and not explicitly disabled. To disable use of this linker, specify the-DUSE_LD_LLD=OFF option.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

  • -DWIN_DEBUG_NO_INLINE=bool

    Whether to disable function inlining on Windows. The default isOFF (inlining enabled).

  • -DWITH_ANT=path_name

    Set the path to Ant, required when building GCS Java wrapper. SetWITH_ANT to the path of a directory where the Ant tarball or unpacked archive is saved. WhenWITH_ANT is not set, or is set with the special valuesystem, the build process assumes a binaryant exists in$PATH.

  • -DWITH_ASAN=bool

    Whether to enable the AddressSanitizer, for compilers that support it. The default isOFF.

  • -DWITH_ASAN_SCOPE=bool

    Whether to enable the AddressSanitizer-fsanitize-address-use-after-scope Clang flag for use-after-scope detection. The default is off. To use this option,-DWITH_ASAN must also be enabled.

  • -DWITH_AUTHENTICATION_CLIENT_PLUGINS=bool

    This option is enabled automatically if any corresponding server authentication plugins are built. Its value thus depends on otherCMake options and it should not be set explicitly.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.26.

  • -DWITH_AUTHENTICATION_LDAP=bool

    Whether to report an error if the LDAP authentication plugins cannot be built:

    • If this option is disabled (the default), the LDAP plugins are built if the required header files and libraries are found. If they are not,CMake displays a note about it.

    • If this option is enabled, a failure to find the required header file and libraries causes CMake to produce an error, preventing the server from being built.

    For information about LDAP authentication, seeSection 8.4.1.7, “LDAP Pluggable Authentication”.

  • -DWITH_AUTHENTICATION_PAM=bool

    Whether to build the PAM authentication plugin, for source trees that include this plugin. (SeeSection 8.4.1.5, “PAM Pluggable Authentication”.) If this option is specified and the plugin cannot be compiled, the build fails.

  • -DWITH_AWS_SDK=path_name

    The location of the Amazon Web Services software development kit.

  • -DWITH_BOOST=path_name

    The Boost library is required to build MySQL. TheseCMake options enable control over the library source location, and whether to download it automatically:

    • -DWITH_BOOST=path_name specifies the Boost library directory location. It is also possible to specify the Boost location by setting theBOOST_ROOT orWITH_BOOST environment variable.

      -DWITH_BOOST=system is also permitted and indicates that the correct version of Boost is installed on the compilation host in the standard location. In this case, the installed version of Boost is used rather than any version included with a MySQL source distribution.

    • -DDOWNLOAD_BOOST=bool specifies whether to download the Boost source if it is not present in the specified location. The default isOFF.

    • -DDOWNLOAD_BOOST_TIMEOUT=seconds the timeout in seconds for downloading the Boost library. The default is 600 seconds.

    For example, if you normally build MySQL placing the object output in thebld subdirectory of your MySQL source tree, you can build with Boost like this:

    mkdir bldcd bldcmake .. -DDOWNLOAD_BOOST=ON -DWITH_BOOST=$HOME/my_boost

    This causes Boost to be downloaded into themy_boost directory under your home directory. If the required Boost version is already there, no download is done. If the required Boost version changes, the newer version is downloaded.

    If Boost is already installed locally and your compiler finds the Boost header files on its own, it may not be necessary to specify the precedingCMake options. However, if the version of Boost required by MySQL changes and the locally installed version has not been upgraded, you may have build problems. Using theCMake options should give you a successful build.

    With the above settings that allow Boost download into a specified location, when the required Boost version changes, you need to remove thebld folder, recreate it, and perform thecmake step again. Otherwise, the new Boost version might not get downloaded, and compilation might fail.

  • -DWITH_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_TRACING=bool

    Whether to build the client-side protocol tracing framework into the client library. By default, this option is enabled.

    For information about writing protocol trace client plugins, seeWriting Protocol Trace Plugins.

    See also theWITH_TEST_TRACE_PLUGIN option.

  • -DWITH_CURL=curl_type

    The location of thecurl library.curl_type can besystem (use the systemcurl library) or a path name to thecurl library.

  • -DWITH_DEBUG=bool

    Whether to include debugging support.

    Configuring MySQL with debugging support enables you to use the--debug="d,parser_debug" option when you start the server. This causes the Bison parser that is used to process SQL statements to dump a parser trace to the server's standard error output. Typically, this output is written to the error log.

    Sync debug checking for theInnoDB storage engine is defined underUNIV_DEBUG and is available when debugging support is compiled in using theWITH_DEBUG option. When debugging support is compiled in, theinnodb_sync_debug configuration option can be used to enable or disableInnoDB sync debug checking.

    EnablingWITH_DEBUG also enables Debug Sync. This facility is used for testing and debugging. When compiled in, Debug Sync is disabled by default at runtime. To enable it, startmysqld with the--debug-sync-timeout=N option, whereN is a timeout value greater than 0. (The default value is 0, which disables Debug Sync.)N becomes the default timeout for individual synchronization points.

    Sync debug checking for theInnoDB storage engine is available when debugging support is compiled in using theWITH_DEBUG option.

    For a description of the Debug Sync facility and how to use synchronization points, seeMySQL Internals: Test Synchronization.

  • -DWITH_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SET=bool

    Whether to use the flags fromcmake/build_configurations/feature_set.cmake. This option was removed in MySQL 8.0.22.

  • -DWITH_EDITLINE=value

    Whichlibedit/editline library to use. The permitted values arebundled (the default) andsystem.

  • -DWITH_FIDO=fido_type

    Theauthentication_fido authentication plugin is implemented using a FIDO library (seeSection 8.4.1.11, “FIDO Pluggable Authentication”). TheWITH_FIDO option indicates the source of FIDO support:

    • bundled: Use the FIDO library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

      As of MySQL 8.0.30, MySQL includesfido2 version 1.8.0. (Prior releases usedfido2 1.5.0).

    • system: Use the system FIDO library.

    WITH_FIDO is disabled (set tonone) if all authentication plugins are disabled.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.27.

  • -DWITH_GMOCK=path_name

    The path to the googlemock distribution, for use with Google Test-based unit tests. The option value is the path to the distribution zip file. Alternatively, set theWITH_GMOCK environment variable to the path name. It is also possible to use-DENABLE_DOWNLOADS=1, so that CMake downloads the distribution from GitHub.

    If you build MySQL without the Google Test unit tests (by configuring withoutWITH_GMOCK), CMake displays a message indicating how to download it.

    As of MySQL 8.0.26, MySQL source distributions bundle the Google Test source code. Consequently, as of that version, theWITH_GMOCK andENABLE_DOWNLOADS CMake options are removed and are ignored if specified.

  • -DWITH_ICU={icu_type|path_name}

    MySQL uses International Components for Unicode (ICU) to support regular expression operations. TheWITH_ICU option indicates the type of ICU support to include or the path name to the ICU installation to use.

    • icu_type can be one of the following values:

      • bundled: Use the ICU library bundled with the distribution. This is the default, and is the only supported option for Windows.

      • system: Use the system ICU library.

    • path_name is the path name to the ICU installation to use. This can be preferable to using theicu_type value ofsystem because it can prevent CMake from detecting and using an older or incorrect ICU version installed on the system. (Another permitted way to do the same thing is to setWITH_ICU tosystem and set theCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH option topath_name.)

  • -DWITH_INNODB_EXTRA_DEBUG=bool

    Whether to include extra InnoDB debugging support.

    EnablingWITH_INNODB_EXTRA_DEBUG turns on extra InnoDB debug checks. This option can only be enabled whenWITH_DEBUG is enabled.

  • -DWITH_INNODB_MEMCACHED=bool

    Whether to generate memcached shared libraries (libmemcached.so andinnodb_engine.so).

  • -DWITH_JEMALLOC=bool

    Whether to link with-ljemalloc. If enabled, built-inmalloc(),calloc(),realloc(), andfree() routines are disabled. The default isOFF.

    WITH_JEMALLOC andWITH_TCMALLOC are mutually exclusive.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

  • -DWITH_KEYRING_TEST=bool

    Whether to build the test program that accompanies thekeyring_file plugin. The default isOFF. Test file source code is located in theplugin/keyring/keyring-test directory.

  • -DWITH_LIBEVENT=string

    Whichlibevent library to use. Permitted values arebundled (default) andsystem. Prior to MySQL 8.0.21, if you specifysystem, the systemlibevent library is used if present, and an error occurs otherwise. In MySQL 8.0.21 and later, ifsystem is specified and no systemlibevent library can be found, an error occurs regardless, and the bundledlibevent is not used.

    Thelibevent library is required byInnoDB memcached, X Plugin, and MySQL Router.

  • -DWITH_LIBWRAP=bool

    Whether to includelibwrap (TCP wrappers) support.

  • -DWITH_LOCK_ORDER=bool

    Whether to enable LOCK_ORDER tooling. By default, this option is disabled and server builds contain no tooling. If tooling is enabled, the LOCK_ORDER tool is available and can be used as described inSection 7.9.3, “The LOCK_ORDER Tool”.

    Note

    With theWITH_LOCK_ORDER option enabled, MySQL builds require theflex program.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.17.

  • -DWITH_LSAN=bool

    Whether to run LeakSanitizer, without AddressSanitizer. The default isOFF.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

  • -DWITH_LTO=bool

    Whether to enable the link-time optimizer, if the compiler supports it. The default isOFF unlessFPROFILE_USE is enabled.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.13.

  • -DWITH_LZ4=lz4_type

    TheWITH_LZ4 option indicates the source ofzlib support:

    • bundled: Use thelz4 library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

    • system: Use the systemlz4 library. IfWITH_LZ4 is set to this value, thelz4_decompress utility is not built. In this case, the systemlz4 command can be used instead.

  • -DWITH_LZMA=lzma_type

    The type of LZMA library support to include.lzma_type can be one of the following values:

    • bundled: Use the LZMA library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

    • system: Use the system LZMA library.

    This option was removed in MySQL 8.0.16.

  • -DWITH_MECAB={disabled|system|path_name}

    Use this option to compile the MeCab parser. If you have installed MeCab to its default installation directory, set-DWITH_MECAB=system. Thesystem option applies to MeCab installations performed from source or from binaries using a native package management utility. If you installed MeCab to a custom installation directory, specify the path to the MeCab installation, for example,-DWITH_MECAB=/opt/mecab. If thesystem option does not work, specifying the MeCab installation path should work in all cases.

    For related information, seeSection 14.9.9, “MeCab Full-Text Parser Plugin”.

  • -DWITH_MSAN=bool

    Whether to enable MemorySanitizer, for compilers that support it. The default is off.

    For this option to have an effect if enabled, all libraries linked to MySQL must also have been compiled with the option enabled.

  • -DWITH_MSCRT_DEBUG=bool

    Whether to enable Visual Studio CRT memory leak tracing. The default isOFF.

  • -DMSVC_CPPCHECK=bool

    Whether to enable MSVC code analysis. The default isOFF.

  • -DWITH_MYSQLX=bool

    Whether to build with support for X Plugin. The default isON. SeeChapter 22,Using MySQL as a Document Store.

  • -DWITH_NUMA=bool

    Explicitly set the NUMA memory allocation policy.CMake sets the defaultWITH_NUMA value based on whether the current platform hasNUMA support. For platforms without NUMA support,CMake behaves as follows:

    • With no NUMA option (the normal case),CMake continues normally, producing only this warning:NUMA library missing or required version not available.

    • With-DWITH_NUMA=ON,CMake aborts with this error:NUMA library missing or required version not available.

  • -DWITH_PACKAGE_FLAGS=bool

    For flags typically used for RPM and Debian packages, whether to add them to standalone builds on those platforms. The default isON for nondebug builds.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.26.

  • -DWITH_PROTOBUF=protobuf_type

    Which Protocol Buffers package to use.protobuf_type can be one of the following values:

    • bundled: Use the package bundled with the distribution. This is the default. Optionally useINSTALL_PRIV_LIBDIR to modify the dynamic Protobuf library directory.

    • system: Use the package installed on the system.

    Other values are ignored, with a fallback tobundled.

  • -DWITH_RAPID=bool

    Whether to build the rapid development cycle plugins. When enabled, arapid directory is created in the build tree containing these plugins. When disabled, norapid directory is created in the build tree. The default isON, unless therapid directory is removed from the source tree, in which case the default becomesOFF.

  • -DWITH_RAPIDJSON=rapidjson_type

    The type of RapidJSON library support to include.rapidjson_type can be one of the following values:

    • bundled: Use the RapidJSON library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

    • system: Use the system RapidJSON library. Version 1.1.0 or later is required.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.13.

  • -DWITH_RE2=re2_type

    The type of RE2 library support to include.re2_type can be one of the following values:

    • bundled: Use the RE2 library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

    • system: Use the system RE2 library.

    As of MySQL 8.0.18, MySQL no longer uses the RE2 library, and this option has been removed.

  • -DWITH_ROUTER=bool

    Whether to build MySQL Router. The default isON.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

  • -DWITH_SASL=value

    Internal use only. This option was added in 8.0.20. Not supported on Windows.

  • -DWITH_SSL={ssl_type|path_name}

    For support of encrypted connections, entropy for random number generation, and other encryption-related operations, MySQL must be built using an SSL library. This option specifies which SSL library to use.

    • ssl_type can be one of the following values:

      • system: Use the system OpenSSL library. This is the default.

        On macOS and Windows, usingsystem configures MySQL to build as if CMake was invoked withpath_name points to a manually installed OpenSSL library. This is because they do not have system SSL libraries. On macOS,brew install openssl installs to/usr/local/opt/openssl so thatsystem can find it. On Windows, it checks%ProgramFiles%/OpenSSL,%ProgramFiles%/OpenSSL-Win32,%ProgramFiles%/OpenSSL-Win64,C:/OpenSSL,C:/OpenSSL-Win32, andC:/OpenSSL-Win64.

      • yes: This is a synonym forsystem.

      • opensslversion: (MySQL 8.0.30 and later:) Use an alternate OpenSSL system package such asopenssl11 on EL7, oropenssl3 on EL8.

        Authentication plugins, such as LDAP and Kerberos, are disabled as they do not support these alternative versions of OpenSSL.

    • path_name is the path name to the OpenSSL installation to use. This can be preferable to using thessl_type value ofsystem because it can prevent CMake from detecting and using an older or incorrect OpenSSL version installed on the system. (Another permitted way to do the same thing is to setWITH_SSL tosystem and set theCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH option topath_name.)

    For additional information about configuring the SSL library, seeSection 2.8.6, “Configuring SSL Library Support”.

  • -DWITH_SYSTEMD=bool

    Whether to enable installation ofsystemd support files. By default, this option is disabled. When enabled,systemd support files are installed, and scripts such asmysqld_safe and the System V initialization script are not installed. On platforms wheresystemd is not available, enablingWITH_SYSTEMD results in an error fromCMake.

    For more information about usingsystemd, seeSection 2.5.9, “Managing MySQL Server with systemd”. That section also includes information about specifying options otherwise specified in[mysqld_safe] option groups. Becausemysqld_safe is not installed whensystemd is used, such options must be specified another way.

  • -DWITH_SYSTEM_LIBS=bool

    This option serves as anumbrella option to set thesystem value of any of the followingCMake options that are not set explicitly:WITH_CURL,WITH_EDITLINE,WITH_FIDO,WITH_ICU,WITH_LIBEVENT,WITH_LZ4,WITH_LZMA,WITH_PROTOBUF,WITH_RE2,WITH_SSL,WITH_ZSTD.

    WITH_ZLIB was included here priot MySQL 8.0.30.

  • -DWITH_SYSTEMD_DEBUG=bool

    Whether to produce additionalsystemd debugging information, for platforms on whichsystemd is used to run MySQL. The default isOFF.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.22.

  • -DWITH_TCMALLOC=bool

    Whether to link with-ltcmalloc. If enabled, built-inmalloc(),calloc(),realloc(), andfree() routines are disabled. The default isOFF.

    Beginning with MySQL 8.0.38, atcmalloc library is included in the source; you can cause the build to use the bundled version by setting this option toBUNDLED.BUNDLED is supported on Linux systems only.

    WITH_TCMALLOC andWITH_JEMALLOC are mutually exclusive.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.22.

  • -DWITH_TEST_TRACE_PLUGIN=bool

    Whether to build the test protocol trace client plugin (seeUsing the Test Protocol Trace Plugin). By default, this option is disabled. Enabling this option has no effect unless theWITH_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_TRACING option is enabled. If MySQL is configured with both options enabled, thelibmysqlclient client library is built with the test protocol trace plugin built in, and all the standard MySQL clients load the plugin. However, even when the test plugin is enabled, it has no effect by default. Control over the plugin is afforded using environment variables; seeUsing the Test Protocol Trace Plugin.

    Note

    Donot enable theWITH_TEST_TRACE_PLUGIN option if you want to use your own protocol trace plugins because only one such plugin can be loaded at a time and an error occurs for attempts to load a second one. If you have already built MySQL with the test protocol trace plugin enabled to see how it works, you must rebuild MySQL without it before you can use your own plugins.

    For information about writing trace plugins, seeWriting Protocol Trace Plugins.

  • -DWITH_TSAN=bool

    Whether to enable the ThreadSanitizer, for compilers that support it. The default is off.

  • -DWITH_UBSAN=bool

    Whether to enable the Undefined Behavior Sanitizer, for compilers that support it. The default is off.

  • -DWITH_UNIT_TESTS={ON|OFF}

    If enabled, compile MySQL with unit tests. The default isON unless the server is not being compiled.

  • -DWITH_UNIXODBC=1

    Enables unixODBC support, for Connector/ODBC.

  • -DWITH_VALGRIND=bool

    Whether to compile in the Valgrind header files, which exposes the Valgrind API to MySQL code. The default isOFF.

    To generate a Valgrind-aware debug build,-DWITH_VALGRIND=1 normally is combined with-DWITH_DEBUG=1. SeeBuilding Debug Configurations.

  • -DWITH_WIN_JEMALLOC=string

    On Windows, pass in a path to a directory containingjemalloc.dll to enable jemalloc functionality. The build system copiesjemalloc.dll to the same directory asmysqld.exe and/ormysqld-debug.exe and utilizes it for memory management operations. Standard memory functions are used ifjemalloc.dll is not found or does not export the required functions. An INFORMATION level log message records whether or not jemalloc is found and used.

    This option is enabled for official MySQL binaries for Windows.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.29.

  • -DWITH_ZLIB=zlib_type

    Some features require that the server be built with compression library support, such as theCOMPRESS() andUNCOMPRESS() functions, and compression of the client/server protocol. TheWITH_ZLIB option indicates the source ofzlib support:

    In MYSQL 8.0.32 and later, the minimum supported version ofzlib is 1.2.13.

    • bundled: Use thezlib library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

    • system: Use the systemzlib library. IfWITH_ZLIB is set to this value, thezlib_decompress utility is not built. In this case, the systemopenssl zlib command can be used instead.

  • -DWITH_ZSTD=zstd_type

    Connection compression using thezstd algorithm (seeSection 6.2.8, “Connection Compression Control”) requires that the server be built withzstd library support. TheWITH_ZSTD option indicates the source ofzstd support:

    • bundled: Use thezstd library bundled with the distribution. This is the default.

    • system: Use the systemzstd library.

    This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

  • -DWITHOUT_SERVER=bool

    Whether to build without MySQL Server. The default is OFF, which does build the server.

    This is considered an experimental option; it is preferred to build with the server.

    This option also prevents building of theNDB storage engine or anyNDB binaries including management and data node programs.

Compiler Flags

To specify your own C and C++ compiler flags, for flags that do not affect optimization, use theCMAKE_C_FLAGS andCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CMake options.

When providing your own compiler flags, you might want to specifyCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE as well.

For example, to create a 32-bit release build on a 64-bit Linux machine, do this:

$> mkdir build$> cd build$> cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-m32 \  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-m32 \  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo

If you set flags that affect optimization (-Onumber), you must set theCMAKE_C_FLAGS_build_type and/orCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_build_type options, wherebuild_type corresponds to theCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE value. To specify a different optimization for the default build type (RelWithDebInfo) set theCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO andCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO options. For example, to compile on Linux with-O3 and with debug symbols, do this:

$> cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO="-O3 -g" \  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO="-O3 -g"

CMake Options for Compiling NDB Cluster

To compile with support for NDB Cluster, you can use-DWITH_NDB, which causes the build to include the NDB storage engine and all NDB programs. This option is enabled by default. To prevent building of the NDB storage engine plugin, use-DWITH_NDBCLUSTER_STORAGE_ENGINE=OFF. Other aspects of the build can be controlled using the other options listed in this section.

The following options apply when building the MySQL sources with NDB Cluster support.

  • -DMEMCACHED_HOME=dir_name

    NDB support for memcached was removed in NDB 8.0.23; thus, this option is no longer supported for buildingNDB in this or later versions.

  • -DNDB_UTILS_LINK_DYNAMIC={ON|OFF}

    Controls whether NDB utilities such asndb_drop_table are linked withndbclient statically (OFF) or dynamically (ON);OFF (static linking) is the default. Normally static linking is used when building these to avoid problems withLD_LIBRARY_PATH, or when multiple versions ofndbclient are installed. This option is intended for creating Docker images and possibly other cases in which the target environment is subject to precise control and it is desirable to reduce image size.

    Added in NDB 8.0.22.

  • -DWITH_BUNDLED_LIBEVENT={ON|OFF}

    NDB support for memcached was removed in NDB 8.0.23; thus, this option is no longer supported for buildingNDB in this or later versions.

  • -DWITH_BUNDLED_MEMCACHED={ON|OFF}

    NDB support for memcached was removed in NDB 8.0.23; thus, this option is no longer supported for buildingNDB in this or later versions.

  • -DWITH_CLASSPATH=path

    Sets the classpath for building MySQL NDB Cluster Connector for Java. The default is empty. This option is ignored if-DWITH_NDB_JAVA=OFF is used.

  • -DWITH_ERROR_INSERT={ON|OFF}

    Enables error injection in theNDB kernel. For testing only; not intended for use in building production binaries. The default isOFF.

  • -DWITH_NDB={ON|OFF}

    Build MySQL NDB Cluster; build the NDB plugin and all NDB Cluster programs.

    Added in NDB 8.0.31.

  • -DWITH_NDBAPI_EXAMPLES={ON|OFF}

    Build NDB API example programs instorage/ndb/ndbapi-examples/. SeeNDB API Examples, for information about these.

  • -DWITH_NDBCLUSTER_STORAGE_ENGINE={ON|OFF}

    NDB 8.0.30 and earlier: For internal use only; may not always work as expected. To build withNDB support, useWITH_NDBCLUSTER instead.

    NDB 8.0.31 and later: Controls (only) whether theNDBCLUSTER storage engine is included in the build;WITH_NDB enables this option automatically, so it is recommended that you useWITH_NDB instead.

  • -DWITH_NDBCLUSTER={ON|OFF} (DEPRECATED)

    Build and link in support for theNDB storage engine inmysqld.

    This option is deprecated as of NDB 8.0.31, and subject to eventual removal; useWITH_NDB instead.

  • -DWITH_NDBMTD={ON|OFF}

    Build the multithreaded data node executablendbmtd. The default isON.

  • -DWITH_NDB_DEBUG={ON|OFF}

    Enable building the debug versions of the NDB Cluster binaries. This isOFF by default.

  • -DWITH_NDB_JAVA={ON|OFF}

    Enable building NDB Cluster with Java support, including support for ClusterJ (seeMySQL NDB Cluster Connector for Java).

    This option isON by default. If you do not wish to compile NDB Cluster with Java support, you must disable it explicitly by specifying-DWITH_NDB_JAVA=OFF when runningCMake. Otherwise, if Java cannot be found, configuration of the build fails.

  • -DWITH_NDB_PORT=port

    Causes the NDB Cluster management server (ndb_mgmd) that is built to use thisport by default. If this option is unset, the resulting management server tries to use port 1186 by default.

  • -DWITH_NDB_TEST={ON|OFF}

    If enabled, include a set of NDB API test programs. The default isOFF.

  • -DWITH_PLUGIN_NDBCLUSTER={ON|OFF}

    For internal use only; may not always work as expected. This option was removed in NDB 8.0.31; useWITH_NDB instead to build MySQL NDB Cluster. (NDB 8.0.30 and earlier: UseWITH_NDBCLUSTER.)