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

[Conrad Taylor]

Hey bbqbaker, thanks for getting back to me and your resolution to the
problem but I'm not going to rebuild everything again to install on
optional component.  Also, I do have the Xcode 2.2 install and
operational to perform the build(s).

-Conrad

On 3/1/06, Conrad Taylor <conradwt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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