I think that you need libruby-dev On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello. The documentation that comes with 1.7rc says: > > "You can use MySQL without installing a gem, but installing the gem can > speed things up a bit: sudo install gem mysql." > > Shouldn't that be "sudo gem install mysql"? > > The docs also say that ruby "Version 1.8.6 is recommended". What about > 1.8.7? The latest ubuntu ships with that version. > > By the way, with only ruby, libruby, libreadline-ruby, and rubygems > installed, I get this error when trying to install the mysql gem: > > p$ sudo gem install mysql > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > ERROR: Error installing mysql: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb install mysql > extconf.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) > from extconf.rb:1 > > > Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for > inspection. > Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out > > These are the packages available. Can I just install one of them instead? > > libdataobjects-mysql-ruby1.8 > libdbd-mysql-ruby > libdbd-mysql-ruby1.8 > libmysql-ruby > libmysql-ruby1.8 > > Also, the documentation says that ruby, rubygems, and the ruby mysql gem > are the only needed software. Does that mean that libfcgi is already > included? If it is not, it would be better to be clear about that. Same > question with rake. Is it provided by tracks, or do I need to get it > separately? > > StephenB > > _______________________________________________ > Tracks-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss > -- []' - Walter waltercruz.com
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