Forum: Ruby Problem installing mysql gem 2.7 on OSX lion

I am unable to install the mysql on OSX Lion. Advice??


What is thy bidding, my master? ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2012-02-08 patchlevel 358) [i686-darwin11.3.0]

What is thy bidding, my master? gem -v
1.5.3

I installed mysql via .dmg:

What is thy bidding, my master? /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Usage: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS]
Options:
        --cflags         [-I/usr/local/mysql/include  -Os -g -fno-common
-fno-strict-aliasing -arch x86_64]
        --include        [-I/usr/local/mysql/include]
        --libs           [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient
-lpthread]
        --libs_r         [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient_r
-lpthread]
        --plugindir      [/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin]
        --socket         [/tmp/mysql.sock]
        --port           [0]
        --version        [5.5.25a]
        --libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqld    -lpthread]
        --variable=VAR   VAR is one of:
                pkgincludedir [/usr/local/mysql/include]
                pkglibdir     [/usr/local/mysql/lib]
                plugindir     [/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin]



What is thy bidding, my master? gem install mysql --version 2.7 --
--with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing mysql:
  ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /Users/atistler/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p358/bin/ruby extconf.rb
--with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
checking for mysql_ssl_set()... 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=/Users/atistler/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p358/bin/ruby
  --with-mysql-config


Gem files will remain installed in
/Users/atistler/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p358@rails2.3.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for
inspection.
Results logged to
/Users/atistler/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p358@rails2.3.8/gems/mysql-2.7/./gem_make.out