On 8 sep, 11:32, Diego Waisman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I wanted to learn about Ruby on Rails and its advantages and I decided > to start with some tutorials. > Unfortunately I'm forced to post my problem on the forum after days of > unsuccessful solutions. > I've installed Railsinstaller and mysql 5.5.15 64 bit version. > I'm running win 7. I've been using the following command: > > C:\>gem install mysql2 -- --with-mysql-lib=C:\MySQL\lib > --with-mysql-include=C:\MySQL\include > > I've used this command and included path for Mysql 32 bit (lib, include > directories) but I constantly get the following error: > > C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb > --with-mysql-lib=C:\MySQL\lib --with-mysql-include=C:\MySQL\include > checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... yes > checking for main() in -llibmysql... no > *** 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. > > For what I understand it might be having problems finding the right > library for the install. > Any help is warmly appreciated. I've manage to create a working > application with SQLite, but I honestly prefer to use Mysql. >
http://blog.mmediasys.com/2011/07/07/installing-mysql-on-windows-7-x64-and-using-ruby-with-it/ You can't link 32bits Ruby against 64bits MySQL. -- Luis Lavena -- 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.
