Comments - Installing after compiling Mariadb not working.
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To install a non x86_64/i686 version of mariadb would involve apt-get source mariadb-server and the using the dh build mechanisms of debian to build it.
With your program you are linking look at ldd programname and readelf -a programname and check it has the same version expectations as the SONAME in the mariadb client library. If its the same version a ltrace to determine which call its failing on would be good to know. The compliance is meant to be the same about-the-mariadb-client-library-for-c so please report any problems https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/CONC