From: Joe Block <jpb@...>
Date: 2005-05-26T12:15:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling MySQL-Ruby on Tiger

In article <1116657333.349832.310430@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 "rom" <JeffRamnani@gmail.com> wrote:

> I might be forking this thread, but I'm having the same problem.  I'm
> using mySQL 4.1.10 compiled from source via Fink.  Don't get me wrong,
> if there isn't  a fix for this I will definately try the install that
> was illustrated earlier using the ServerLogistics install.
> 
> I've been hacking at this for about 2 hours, and it just seems too
> close to abandon completely.  I found the following in the
> documentation for mysql-ruby:
> " If you get error like 'libmysqlclient not found' when testing, you
> need to specify the directory in which the library is located so that
> make can find it.
> '% env LD_RUN_PATH=libmysqlclient.so directory make'"
> 
> I used 'mdfind' to find the libmysqlclient at:
> '/sw/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.14.0.0.dylib'
> 
> However, I don't know how to get extconf.rb find it.  I'd appreciate
> any help with this.  I've been working on this so long, I can't see the
> forest for the trees, right now.  I may not even be grokking the 'env'
> command right now...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > Pat Allan wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> I've been trying to compile mysql-ruby on MacOS X 10.4 Tiger, but
> having no luck.
> 
> When I run ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql:
> # ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
>            checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> checking for main() in -lm... no
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
> checking for main() in -lz... no
> 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... no
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no 
> 
> </snip>

Install gem, then:

sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-lib=/sw/lib/mysql 
--with-mysql-include=/sw/include

But if you're running 10.4, there are issues with Apple's shipped 
version of ruby that prevent it from making external libraries properly. 
A kind soul posted a script that fixes them, though, at: 
http://tech.rufy.com/entry/46

jpb