# Ammetto, ho la testa dura

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765>\
**Category:** IT\
**Created:** [September 13, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765 "2011-09-13T11:16:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/1 "2011-09-13T11:16:22Z")

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quando cerco di installare mysql2 mi dice quanto sotto riportato:

gem install mysql2  
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/gem:4: warning: Insecure world  
writable dir /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin in PATH, mode  
042777  
Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing mysql2:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

```
    /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby extconf.rb

```

checking for rb\_thread\_blocking\_region()… yes  
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  
checking for main() in -lmygcc… no  
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.

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=/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby  
–with-mysql-config  
–without-mysql-config  
–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-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-mlib  
–without-mlib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-zlib  
–without-zlib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-socketlib  
–without-socketlib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-nsllib  
–without-nsllib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-mygcclib  
–without-mygcclib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib

Gem files will remain installed in  
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/mysql2-0.3.7 for inspection.  
Results logged to  
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/mysql2-0.3.7/ext/mysql2/gem\_make.out

perchè? come se non trovasse qualcosa, ma cosa?  
aggiungo che in /var/run/mysqld/ c’è mysqld.sock  
il sistema ora è ubuntu server

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/2 "2011-09-13T11:21:59Z")

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Quando ho avuto questo problema in passato, era riconducibile al fatto  
che l’installazione della gemma non trovasse l’eseguibile del client  
mysql.  
Prova a mettere la directory cos:

gem install mysql --with-mysql-dir /path/to/mysql

Alessandro

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/3 "2011-09-13T11:39:53Z")

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non cambia…

gem install mysql2 – --with-mysql-dir=/usr/bin/  
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/gem:4: warning: Insecure world  
writable dir /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin in PATH, mode  
042777  
Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing mysql2:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

```
    /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby extconf.rb 

```

–with-mysql-dir=/usr/bin/  
checking for rb\_thread\_blocking\_region()… yes  
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  
checking for main() in -lmygcc… no  
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.

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=/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby  
–with-mysql-config  
–without-mysql-config  
–with-mysql-dir  
–with-mysql-include  
–without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include  
–with-mysql-lib  
–without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-mlib  
–without-mlib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-zlib  
–without-zlib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-socketlib  
–without-socketlib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-nsllib  
–without-nsllib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib  
–with-mygcclib  
–without-mygcclib  
–with-mysqlclientlib  
–without-mysqlclientlib

Gem files will remain installed in  
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/mysql2-0.3.7 for inspection.  
Results logged to  
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/mysql2-0.3.7/ext/mysql2/gem\_make.out

idem con patate

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/4 "2011-09-13T11:43:37Z")

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On 13 September 2011 11:39, davide isoardi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> non cambia…

Potrebbe essere necessario installare libmysqlclient-dev.  
( un virtual package, quando farei apt-get install ti dir lui il  
pacchetto da installare).

Ciao ciao  
Paolo

–  
“… static analysis is fun, again!”

life from an application security guy ~\> [http://thesp0nge.com](http://thesp0nge.com)

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/5 "2011-09-13T11:50:26Z")

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Ok, Paolo vince. Ma oltre a eseguire meramente il comando indicato, sai  
dirmi a cosa serviva quel pacchetto?

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Il giorno 13/set/2011, alle ore 11:43, Paolo P.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ha scritto:

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/6 "2011-09-13T11:58:29Z")

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2011/9/13 Abacus [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Ok, Paolo vince. Ma oltre a eseguire meramente il comando indicato, sai dirmi a  
> cosa  
> serviva quel pacchetto?  
> Certo. In generale, quando installi un pacchetto su unix vengono  
> installate anche le librerie che servono per farlo funzionare. Ad  
> esempio, apt-get install mysql installer tutte le librerie per far  
> funzionare i binari di mysql.

Se per tu devi compilare un programma che usa funzionalit in quelle  
librerie hai bisogno di pezzi in pi, i pacchetti che solitamente  
hanno -dev nel nome.

Lo si fa per installare sulla linux box solo le cose che effettivamente  
servono.

## HTH Paolo

“… static analysis is fun, again!”

life from an application security guy ~\> [http://thesp0nge.com](http://thesp0nge.com)

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/7 "2011-09-13T12:04:41Z")

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Ringrazio enormemente delle delucidazioni… Grazie

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Il giorno 13/set/2011, alle ore 11:57, Paolo P.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ha scritto:

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**Author:** ![abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@abacus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abacus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ammetto-ho-la-testa-dura/211765/8 "2011-09-13T11:57:14Z")

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sono gli headers necessari a compilare alcune parti binarie (quindi  
codice  
nativo in C, non ruby) della gemma mysql2

può capitare con diverse gemme (penso a nokogiri o mongo, per esempio).  
in quel  
caso, controllo l’output di errore, vedi qualche libreria/header è  
mancante, e  
cercala con apt-cache o aptitude. di norma, dopo un po’ di tentativi,  
funziona 😉

A.

Il 13/09/2011 11:49, Abacus ha scritto:
