Failed to build gem native extension.(mysql)

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I'm trying to install the mysql gem. I have mysql up and running, everything is up to date through yum.

[root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# gem install mysql -y Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-linux) 1. mysql 2.7.3 (mswin32) 2. mysql 2.7.1 (mswin32) 3. mysql 2.7 (ruby) 4. mysql 2.6 (ruby) 5. Skip this gem 6. Cancel installation

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Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

ruby extconf.rb install mysql -y can't find header files for ruby.

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 [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# date Sun May 13 08:01:18 BST 2007 [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]#

thanks,

Thufir

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From FC6 (fedora), this is how the mysql gem is installed?

[root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# yum -y install ruby-mysql.i386 Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Nothing to do [root@localhost ~]# yum search 'ruby-mysql' Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files

ruby-mysql.i386 2.7.1-2.fc6 extras Matched from: ruby-mysql

ruby-mysql.i386 2.7.1-2.fc6 installed Matched from: ruby-mysql You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# date Sun May 13 20:10:19 BST 2007 [root@localhost ~]#

thanks,

Thufir