# MYSQL GEM not found at rubyforge

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-not-found-at-rubyforge/149417>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-not-found-at-rubyforge/149417 "2008-09-24T17:28:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/temesta)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-not-found-at-rubyforge/149417/1 "2008-09-24T17:28:16Z")

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Hi,

I just noticed this warning:

WARNING: You’re using the Ruby-based MySQL library that ships with  
Rails. This library is not suited for production. Please install the  
C-based MySQL library instead (gem install mysql).

So I tried :

gem install mysql – --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/

Unfortunately the gem doesn’t seem to be available @ rubyforge:

Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)  
ERROR: could not find mysql locally or in a repository

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/temesta)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-not-found-at-rubyforge/149417/2 "2008-09-25T13:07:14Z")

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Hi Peter,

sounds like you’re right. The problem was solved after updating  
rubygems.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@temesta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/temesta)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-not-found-at-rubyforge/149417/3 "2008-09-25T09:45:34Z")

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On 24 Sep 2008, at 17:28, Maarten P. wrote:

> Unfortunately the gem doesn’t seem to be available @ rubyforge:
> 
> Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)  
> ERROR: could not find mysql locally or in a repository

It should be, but it looks like you’re still using an old version of  
RubyGems since it still does the bulk updating. I’m not sure it’s  
related, but you can try again after “sudo gem update --system”.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt