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
>
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