Hi,
I’ve seen configuration issues involving this error message when
running rake under Mac OS 10, where it seems to be associated with a
bad link.
I’ve just got the same error, running Ubuntu 9.10.
I have the following packages installed
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.37, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using
EditLine wrapper
mysql-client version 5.1.37
rails 2.3.5
gem 1.3.5
ruby 1.9.1
full error message is as follows:
steve@default:~/maudit/test$ sudo gem install mysql
[sudo] password for steve:
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing mysql:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/local/bin/ruby 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… 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/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/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/
mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/
mysql_api/gem_make.out
Any ideas?
Cheers
Steve