MariaDB Connector/C++ on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)

• There is no direct apt package like libmariadbcpp-dev in the standard Ubuntu repositories.
• Ubuntu ships MariaDB Connector/C (the C library) via packages like:
  • libmariadb3 (runtime)
  • libmariadb-dev (development headers for C)
  • libmariadb-dev-compat (symlinks for MySQL-compatibility builds)
• The C++ layer (MariaDB Connector/C++) is not packaged in Ubuntu's repos.
• You must install it manually from MariaDB's binary tarballs (recommended) or build from source.

MariaDB provides pre-built binaries specifically for Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble). Latest stable version as of early 2026 is around 1.1.7.

1. Install the required base (MariaDB Connector/C) first:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install libmariadb-dev libmariadb3

2. Download MariaDB Connector/C++ from: https://mariadb.com/downloads/connectors/connectors-data-access/cpp-connector
3. Extract and install (adjust version/path as needed):

   tar -xzf mariadb-connector-cpp-*.tar.gz
   cd mariadb-connector-cpp-*
   sudo cp -r include/mariadbcppconn /usr/include/
   sudo cp lib/mariadb/libmariadbcpp.so* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
   sudo ldconfig

4. Verify installation with ls commands as shown in the original article.

sudo apt install build-essential cmake libmariadb-dev git
git clone https://github.com/MariaDB-Corporation/mariadb-connector-cpp.git
cd mariadb-connector-cpp
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DWITH_SSL=OPENSSL
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

#include <mariadb++/connection.hpp>
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    try {
        mariadb::connection::ptr conn = mariadb::connection::create(
            "tcp://127.0.0.1:3306?user=root&password=yourpass&database=testdb"
        );

        auto stmt = conn->create_statement("SELECT VERSION()");
        auto res = stmt->query();

        if (res->next()) {
            std::cout << "MariaDB version: " << res->get_string(0) << std::endl;
        }
    } catch (const mariadb::exception::base& e) {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

Compile with: g++ -o test test.cpp -lmariadbcpp -lmariadb