# getting mysql running **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [July 29, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/getting-mysql-running/53269 "2010-07-29T16:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/getting-mysql-running/53269/1 "2010-07-29T16:28:59Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Donald1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/greg_donald1/32/1313_2.png) [@Greg\_Donald1](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Greg_Donald1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/getting-mysql-running/53269/2 "2010-07-29T17:17:26Z")
This error means you are missing ruby development libraries needed for compilation. apt-cache search ruby | grep dev ---
**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/getting-mysql-running/53269/3 "2010-07-29T19:38:14Z")
> 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)