I'm attempting to install a mysql gem on my workstation with this command
gem install mysql-2.8.1.gem
output :
> Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing mysql-2.8.1.gem:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
C:/Ruby187/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for main() in -llibmysql... yes
checking for mysql_ssl_set()... yes
checking for rb_str_set_len()... yes
checking for rb_thread_start_timer()... no
checking for mysql.h... no
checking for mysql/mysql.h... 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.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby187/bin/ruby
--with-mysql-dir
--without-mysql-dir
--with-mysql-include
--without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include
--with-mysql-lib
--without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib
--with-libmysqllib
--without-libmysqllib
Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1
for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/ge
m_make.out
so it previously had trouble finding "libmysqllib" untill i copied the file into the same directory as the gem I am manually installing.
I'm behind a proxy, so I have to download the *.gem files and install from there.
Running XP Sp3
MySQL version : 5.1.53
Ruby Version 1.8.7
Gem list :
actionmailer (2.3.5, 2.3.4)
actionpack (2.3.5, 2.3.4)
activerecord (2.3.5, 2.3.4)
activeresource (2.3.5, 2.3.4)
activesupport (2.3.5, 2.3.4)
hoe (2.7.0)
json_pure (1.4.6)
rack (1.0.1)
rails (2.3.5)
rake (0.8.7)
rake-compiler (0.7.5)
rubyforge (2.0.4)
Please help.
Kind Regards, Noel.
