error in gem install mysql

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fax@ubuntu7.04:~/Desktop/Rails_2/blog$ sudo gem install mysql Password: Updating metadata for 434 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. complete Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql:         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb install mysql checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no checking for main() in -lm... yes checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no checking for main() in -lz... yes checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no checking for main() in -lsocket... no checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no checking for main() in -lnsl... yes checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no *** extconf.rb failed *** Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:         --with-opt-dir         --without-opt-dir         --with-opt-include         --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include         --with-opt-lib         --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib         --with-make-prog         --without-make-prog         --srcdir=.         --curdir         --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby1.8         --with-mysql-config         --without-mysql-config         --with-mysql-dir         --without-mysql-dir         --with-mysql-include         --without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include         --with-mysql-lib         --without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib         --with-mysqlclientlib         --without-mysqlclientlib         --with-mlib         --without-mlib         --with-mysqlclientlib         --without-mysqlclientlib         --with-zlib         --without-zlib         --with-mysqlclientlib         --without-mysqlclientlib         --with-socketlib         --without-socketlib         --with-mysqlclientlib         --without-mysqlclientlib         --with-nsllib         --without-nsllib         --with-mysqlclientlib         --without-mysqlclientlib

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out fax@ubuntu7.04:~/Desktop/Rails_2/blog$ sudo gem install mysql

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I usually install mine gem install mysql --with-mysql-config=/a/b/whatever/mysqlconfig maybe ?

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I always load MySQL with a sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

Has worked without issue on the last 5 or 6 Ubuntu setups... (thrashing around in vmWare, so I've done 7.04 about 3 times, and 7.10 twice...)

never used the gem method.