I used Visual Studio 2019 to program c ++ to a Linux server. I would like to use the library mysqlConnector. I compensate under Project properties -> Configuration properties -> VC ++ directories -> Include directories my path belongs to the folder with the header belonging. In my case this is: /home/system/mysqlConnector/include/jdbc Then I have under Project Properties -> Configurations-Properties -> VC ++ Directories -> Library Properties my path belongs to the .so file. In my case this is: /home/system/mysqlConnector/lib64 In the end I have under Project Properties -> Configurations-Properties -> Linker -> Settings -> Library Permissions heard the name of the library. In my case this is mysqlcppconn. To test that I look at source code: #include <cstdio> #include <stdlib.h> #include <iostream> #include <mysql_connection.h> #include <cppconn/driver.h> #include <cppconn/exception.h> #include <cppconn/resultset.h> #include <cppconn/statement.h> int main() { std::cout << "Test" << std::endl; try { sql::Driver* driver; sql::Connection* con; sql::Statement* stmt; //Create a connection driver = get_driver_instance(); con = driver->connect("tcp://192.168.178.57:3306", "root", "test"); ///Connect to the MySQL test database con->setSchema("test"); stmt = con->createStatement(); std::cout << "connected" << std::endl; sql::ResultSet* res(stmt->executeQuery("SELECT * FROM Test.t")); std::cout << "getAnswer" << std::endl; while (res->next()) { std::cout << res->getString(1) << std::endl; } delete res; delete stmt; delete con; } catch (sql::SQLException& e) { std::cout << "# ERR: SQLException in " << __FILE__; std::cout << "(" << __FUNCTION__ << ") on line " << __LINE__ << std::endl; std::cout << "# ERR: " << e.what(); std::cout << " (MySQL error code: " << e.getErrorCode(); std::cout << ", SQLState: " << e.getSQLState() << " )" << std::endl; } std::cout << std::endl; while (true); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } When I compile the project now, there are error messages every time: /home/system/projects/mysqlTest1/obj/x64/Debug/main.o: in function `check_lib()': mysqlTest1 D:\usr\bin\ld line 1 ld returned 1 exit status mysqlTest1 D:\Tamino\Freizeit\Entwicklung\visual Studio\Workspaces\Tests\mysqlTest1\mysqlTest1\collect2 line 1 undefined reference to `check(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)' mysqlTest1 D:\home\system\mysqlConnector\include\jdbc\cppconn\driver.h line 77 /home/system/mysqlConnector/include/jdbc/cppconn/driver.h:78: undefined reference to `check(std::map<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::less<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<std::pair<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > > const&)' mysqlTest1 D:\usr\bin\ld line 1 Here it is also clearly recognizable that the /home and /usr pathes come from Linux and D:/ comes from Windows. Can someone tell me what was I doing wrong?