We're not using mysql at work anymore, but I pulled this out of an email from awhile back. Assumes mysql via macports...
% sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/ If you haven't gotten it working by next Wednesday and are looking for that personal touch, feel free to stop by The Cup that morning. There's always a handful of us in the back room. You can also hit me up on gchat, nwit...@... Nathan On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Rick Casey wrote: > Hello Boulder Ruby, > > I am new to Ruby On Rails, and normally am willing to suffer through the long > and winding road of apprenticeship that comes with learning any new > environment; but in this case, I am reaching out to the local Ruby community > to see if someone might be willing to help me with a tough installation > problem to get me up and running. > > I'm a developer with 15 years experience, but don't have the time to learn > everything about the Ruby/Gems/Rails environment just to get it working. And > I wouldn't send this message if it wasn't urgent; I've been going round and > round for a couple of weeks trying to the mysql gem 2.8.1 to work with on the > iMac Snow Leopard -- to no avail. This appears to be a well known bug in the > community, and has given major headache to many. > > For a quick synopsis of this issue, an excellent thread is posted at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/991708/rails-mysql-and-snow-leopard > > Though I am trying all the suggestions mentioned there, I am no closer to > getting this to work. I am using the example shown on the Apple Developer page > http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html > as a demo project, but am currently stuck at the step: > rake db: migrate > > I really wanted to make it to your meeting this past Tuesday night, but only > learned of it that day, and had too many other commitments to come. > > But if there are any iMac ROR gurus out there who are willing to make > contact, please let me know. This project has professional ramifications for > me, and I'd love to jump into ROR development, and become an active member in > your community. > > Thanks much, > -- Rick > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rick Casey :: [email protected] :: 303.345.8893 > _______________________________________________ > Bdrg-members mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
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