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[Carl van Tonder]

Do you have mysql development libraries installed? The mysql gem is a
native compiled one, so it requires real header files.

Carl.

On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 11:24 +0100, Neil wrote:
> This is what I'm doing
> 
> neil at neil-laptop:~/rubygems-1.3.1$ sudo gem install mysql --
> --with-mysql-dir=/usr/share/mysql
> [sudo] password for neil: 
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing mysql:
> 	ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> 
> /usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb install mysql --
> --with-mysql-dir=/usr/share/mysql
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> checking for main() in -lm... yes
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> checking for main() in -lz... yes
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> checking for main() in -lsocket... no
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> checking for main() in -lnsl... yes
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... 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.
> 
> mkmf.log says /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
> Why not?
> 
> 
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