I've had this issue before - I'm pretty sure I ended up solving it by installing the mysql-devel package first.
On Apr 15, 10:33 am, Rob Redmon <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > 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 viahttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---