Hi
I am a ruby and linux newbie hoping to learn rails. I have Ubuntu 9.10
(64 bit), ruby 1.8.7, MySQL 5.1.37, which appear sto be working in that
I can run the Administrator app OK.
When running:
$ sudo gem install mysql
I get the following:
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing mysql:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb
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… no
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.
Most advice seems to centre around locating your mysql_config file, but
$ sudo find / -name “mysql_config” -print
is drawing a blank.
Can anybody save my head from this brick wall?
Thanks in advance