getting mysql running

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Now need to get MySQL installed. I am having the following trouble installing

sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/bin/mysql_config

ERROR: Error installing mysql:   ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb --with-mysql-config=/usr/bin/mysql_config extconf.rb:10:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)   from extconf.rb:10

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out

Any ideas?

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This error means you are missing ruby development libraries needed for compilation.

apt-cache search ruby | grep dev

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ERROR: Error installing mysql:   ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

sudo aptitude install libmysqlclient15-dev

(or whatever version the libmysqlclient is at for your system)