[Rails] Re: Error installing the MySQL Ruby bindings?

[Conrad Taylor]

Hi, here are some details about my system:

Power Mac G5
Mac OS X 10.4.5

Thanks in advance,

-Conrad

On 3/1/06, bbqbaker <none at none.com> wrote:
>
> Ha, I am an expert at this. well sort of, i spent all weekend trying to
> fix a similiar problem. thanks to the people here, i was able to get
> everything up and running./
>
> i think the simpliest way to fix this is uninstally ruby, gems, and
> mysql. install ruby, install gems, install rails, then run "gem install
> mysql". afterwards, install the mysql libraries/control center/mysql
> admin, etc...
>
> also make sure you have a c compiler. in ubuntu, its build-essential.
>
>
>
>
> Conrad Taylor wrote:
> > Hi, I attempted to install the MySQL Ruby bindings and I received the
> > following errors:
> >
> >> gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
> > Attempting local installation of 'mysql'
> > Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
> > Attempting remote installation of 'mysql'
> > Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> > *** 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/local/bin/ruby
> >         --with-mysql-config
> >         --without-mysql-config
> >         --with-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
> > ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
> >     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> > Gem files will remain installed in
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
> >   ruby extconf.rb install mysql --
> > --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql\nchecking 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... no
> > checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> >
> >
> > Results logged to
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
>
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