MySQL and RoR 2.2.2 -- deadlock?

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Note: Serious criticism follows since I want to see rails improve.

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Hi Kedar,

I am certainly no expert, but I suffered with the error for several days too.

I think you need more information on your install line.

I used for OSX 10.5 sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

I have included the other links I browsed on the way to the solution too. There is likely a path difference with Ubuntu, but maybe this will help.

Eric

http://discuss.joyent.com/viewtopic.php?id=5992 sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include/ with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib/

  • A similar change (when rebuilding mysql) was required to install the mysql gem:   ◦ ./configure --prefix=/web/pkg/mysql/mysql ... CPPFLAGS='-fPIC'   ◦   • Installing the mysql gem also required an additional option to help it find the libraries   ◦ sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/web/pkg/mysql/current/bin/mysql_config

I also looked here.

http://pjforpresident.com/2008/06/20/compiling-mysql-native-bindings-on-os-x-macports/

http://blog.springenwerk.com/2008/11/rails-22-and-native-mysql-gem-on-mac-os.html

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- I press on. - kedar@kedar-laptop:~/Projects/ror/people$ sudo gem install mysql [sudo] password for kedar: Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

A HUGE trace follows. I am losing patience now.

A shame you omitted the bit with the actual information :slight_smile: You'll need to make sure you have the development packages for both
ruby and mysql (something like ruby-dev and libmysql-dev)

Fred