# Mysql gem error on solaris 10 sparc **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 8, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-error-on-solaris-10-sparc/171736 "2009-07-08T14:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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root@xxx:/opt/gitorious/config# gem install mysql Building native extensions. This could take a while… Successfully installed mysql-2.7 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for mysql-2.7… Installing RDoc documentation for mysql-2.7… root@xxx:/opt/gitorious/config# rake db:create:all (in /opt/gitorious) Character set ‘utf8’ is not a compiled character set and is not specified in the ‘/usr/sfw/share/mysql/charsets/Index’ file ld.so.1: ruby: fatal: relocation error: file /opt/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/lib/mysql.so: symbol mysql\_sqlstate: referenced symbol not found Killed