Greg Donald wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 11:32 AM, pete <[email protected]> wrote: >> Trying to get rails up and running on my linux box with mysql. When I >> try to install the mysql gem, I get the following: >> >> Building native extensions. This could take a while... >> ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError) >> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > cd /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 > gem install mysql -- > --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config > > > -- > Greg Donald > http://destiney.com/
This worked for me on Mac OS X Leopard with MySQL 5.1.34. In particular, the following command worked: sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
