On Aug 18, 7:43 pm, Craig Westmoreland <craigwest...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> I am trying to switch from sqllite3 to mysql on Ruby on Rails.
>
> Whenever I try to install the mysql gem, i get an error:
when you ran gem install mysql did you tell it where to find mysql (eg
with -- --with-mysql-config=/path/to/mysql_config ) ?
Fred
>
> *** 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.
>
> I cd'd into my usr/local/bin directory and saw i have several mysql
> installs, and am thinking i've probably removed something along the
> way, and this it the problem.
>
> Please can someone explain how to delete all instances of mysql so I
> can re-install?
>
> Or - does someone know what i need to do to avoid this error?
>
> I have installed mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86 as I am running Leopard
> 10.5.7
>
> ANy ideas to get me running on mysql?
>
> Many Thanks
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