$ cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/mysql -DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=1
$ make clean$ make -j 8 
$ make install

$ ls
GNUmakefile  main.cc  my.cnf

$ make

$ cd /home/mysql
$ scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=/home/mysql/my.cnf

$ ./main

# This assumes the MySQL software is installed in /usr/local/mysql
#inc      := /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql
#lib      := /usr/local/mysql/lib
	
# If you have not installed the MySQL software yet, try this instead
topdir   := /home/mysql/mysql-5.5.35
inc      := $(topdir)/include
lib      := $(topdir)/libmysqld
	
CXX      := g++
CPPFLAGS := -I$(inc) -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT
CXXFLAGS := -g -Wall
LDFLAGS  := 
# You can change -lmysqld to -lmysqlclient to use the
# client/server library
LDLIBS    = -L$(lib) -lmysqld -lm -lcrypt -ldl -lz -lrt
	
ifneq (,$(shell grep FreeBSD /COPYRIGHT 2>/dev/null))
# FreeBSD
LDFLAGS += -pthread
else
# Assume Linux
LDLIBS += -pthread
endif
	
# This works for simple one-file test programs
sources := $(wildcard *.cc)
objects := $(patsubst %cc,%o,$(sources))
targets := $(basename $(sources))
	
all: $(targets)
	
clean:
  rm -f $(targets) $(objects) *.core
	
---
#include <mysql.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cassert>
	
using namespace std;
	
const char *server_options[] = \
	       { "mysql_test", "--defaults-file=my.cnf", NULL };
int num_elements = (sizeof(server_options) / sizeof(char *)) - 1;
	
const char *server_groups[]= { "libmysqld_server",
                               "libmysqld_client",
                               NULL};
	
bool is_server_started= false;
	
MYSQL *MySQL= NULL;
	
const char *db= NULL;
	
void start_server()
{
	  cout << "enter start_server()" << endl;
	  if (mysql_library_init(num_elements, (char **) server_options, (char **) server_groups)) {
	    is_server_started= false;
	    cout << "ERROR: start server failed." << endl;
	  } else {
	    is_server_started= true;
	    cout << "INFO: start server OK." << endl;
	  }
}
	
void stop_server()
{
	  cout << "enter stop_server()" << endl;
	  mysql_server_end();
}
	
bool connect_server()
{
	  cout << "enter connect_server()" << endl;
	  bool rc = true;
	
	  MySQL = mysql_init(NULL);
	  if (!MySQL)
	    return rc;
	
	  if (mysql_real_connect(MySQL, NULL, NULL, NULL, db, 0, NULL, 0))
	    rc = false;
	 
	  MySQL->reconnect= 1;
	  return rc;
}
	
void output_rows(MYSQL_RES *res)
{
	  MYSQL_ROW row;
	  unsigned long n = 0;
	
	  while ((row= mysql_fetch_row(res)) != 0)
	  {
	    mysql_field_seek(res, 0);
	    for (unsigned int i= 0 ; i < mysql_num_fields(res); i++)
	      cout << "row[" << n++ << "]:"<< row[i] << endl; 
	  }
}
	
bool get_dbs()
{
	  MYSQL_RES *res;
	
	  if (!is_server_started)
	    return true;
	
	  if (!(res= mysql_list_dbs(MySQL, "%")))
	    return true;
	
	  output_rows(res);
	  mysql_free_result(res);
	  return false;
}
	
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	  start_server();
	  if (is_server_started) {
	    cout << "server started." << endl;
	    if (!connect_server()) {
	      get_dbs();
	    }
	    stop_server();
	  }
	
	  return 0;
}
	
---

[libmysqld_client]
	
[libmysqld_server]
basedir=/home/mysql/
datadir=/home/mysql/data
tmpdir=/home/mysql/tmp
log-error=/home/mysql/alert.log
lc_messages_dir=/home/mysql/share
	
innodb_data_home_dir=/home/mysql/data
innodb_log_group_home_dir=/home/mysql/data