I've seen this before but I've forgotten how to solve it.
It appears that I have the mysql client libraries installed: i...@retro[08:25:55][~/] locate libmysqlclient.so /usr/lib/mysql3/mysql/libmysqlclient.so /usr/lib/mysql3/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10 /usr/lib/mysql3/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10.0.0 /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.14 /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10 /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10.0.0 /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.14.0.0 My LD_LIBRARY_PATH is: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.4/client64/lib:/usr/lib/mysql/ OS: Linux XYZ 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 #1 SMP Tue Mar 24 12:05:57 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux What gives? Full "gem install mysql" output follows: ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /home/iono/packages/ruby-1.8.7/bin/ruby extconf.rb install mysql 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 *** 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=/home/iono/packages/ruby-1.8.7/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 Gem files will remain installed in /home/iono/packages/gems/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---