Hi Hassan, The file is in the include subfolder. ls -al /usr/local/mysql/include total 1136 drwxr-xr-x 45 root wheel 1530 5 Apr 10:23 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 578 11 May 12:53 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4507 5 Apr 08:27 big_endian.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5196 5 Apr 08:27 byte_order_generic.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4536 5 Apr 08:27 byte_order_generic_x86.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4016 5 Apr 08:27 byte_order_generic_x86_64.h .... -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31232 5 Apr 08:27 my_pthread.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 41163 5 Apr 08:27 my_sys.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2817 5 Apr 08:27 my_xml.h drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 850 5 Apr 10:23 mysql *-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 29058 5 Apr 08:27 mysql.h* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23605 5 Apr 08:27 mysql_com.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1313 5 Apr 08:27 mysql_com_server.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1185 5 Apr 08:27 mysql_embed.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2168 5 Apr 08:27 mysql_time.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 854 5 Apr 09:53 mysql_version.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 91661 5 Apr 09:53 mysqld_ername.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 33795 5 Apr 09:53 mysqld_error.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23633 5 Apr 08:27 plugin.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3996 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_audit.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7589 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_ftparser.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1576 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_validate_password.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4834 5 Apr 08:27 sql_common.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13273 5 Apr 09:53 sql_state.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1350 5 Apr 08:27 sslopt-case.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2556 5 Apr 08:27 sslopt-longopts.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1367 5 Apr 08:27 sslopt-vars.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2278 5 Apr 08:27 typelib.h
I see another /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql subfolder. ls -al /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql/ total 312 drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 850 5 Apr 10:23 . drwxr-xr-x 45 root wheel 1530 5 Apr 10:23 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 333 5 Apr 08:27 client_authentication.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5595 5 Apr 08:27 client_plugin.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1986 5 Apr 08:27 client_plugin.h.pp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1198 5 Apr 08:27 get_password.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1387 5 Apr 08:27 innodb_priv.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23633 5 Apr 08:27 plugin.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3996 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_audit.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10174 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_audit.h.pp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3409 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_auth.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10159 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_auth.h.pp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4431 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_auth_common.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7589 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_ftparser.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9058 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_ftparser.h.pp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1576 5 Apr 08:27 plugin_validate_password.h drwxr-xr-x 10 root wheel 340 5 Apr 10:23 psi -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1678 5 Apr 08:27 service_my_plugin_log.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3361 5 Apr 08:27 service_my_snprintf.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5348 5 Apr 08:27 service_mysql_string.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4379 5 Apr 08:27 service_thd_alloc.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3675 5 Apr 08:27 service_thd_wait.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1869 5 Apr 08:27 service_thread_scheduler.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1124 5 Apr 08:27 services.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5053 5 Apr 08:27 thread_pool_priv.h Is it possible that the install somehow thinks it should use this subfolder? If so how to declare to the "gem install" to use /usr/local/mysql/include and not its subfolder ...include/mysql? Dave On Sunday, May 12, 2013 2:51:40 PM UTC-4, Hassan Schroeder wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, david bone <bone_...@mac.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > What/how suggestions appreciated to get this mysql2 gem installed so > that i > > can use rails/ruby against this database? > > > checking for mysql.h... no > > checking for mysql/mysql.h... no > > ----- > > mysql.h is missing. please check your installation of mysql and try > again. > > The error message is pretty clear. Did your MySQL DMG installation > include header files? Can you find mysql.h on your system? > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.s...@gmail.com<javascript:> > http://about.me/hassanschroeder > twitter: @hassan > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/Mb2XJI2p7fEJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.