From: Micke <mikaelh@...>
Date: 2001-05-29T18:57:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15920] Re: Ruby/MySQL Configuration Difficulty

I think uncompress might be found in zlib so try to link mysql with zlib.
If so add -lz to the makefile.

/Micke


Monday, May 28, 2001, 10:30:09 PM, you wrote:

PB> Hello Ruby-talk,

PB> I have been watching this list for a few weeks now, I have bought and read
PB> the pickaxe book (nice Work Dave and Andrew), I have been playing with Ruby,
PB> and am very impressed with this elegant, succinct and capable language.

PB> I have one problem - MySQL support.

PB> My system:
PB>   I have Red Hat Linux 7.1.
PB>   I have MySQL Ver 11.15, Distrib 3.23.37 installed and running.
PB>   I have Ruby 1.6.3 compiled in:
PB>       ~/ruby-1.6.3
PB>   Ruby is installed (make install), and working.

PB> The problem:
PB>   I downloaded mysql-ruby-2.3.2a.gz.
PB>   I extracted the tar file contents into:
PB>       ~/ruby-1.6.3/ext/mysql
PB>   I modified the extconf.rb file to point at /usr/local/mysql
PB>   I tried to make, but it failed because of '#include <mysql/mysql.h>'
PB>   I removed the directory 'mysql/' and now it compiles fine.
PB>   I then ran:
PB>       ruby -I. ./test.rb host user pw
PB>   (with appropriate values inserted), and I got this error:

PB>       ./test.rb:11:in 'require': ./mysql.so: undefined symbol: uncompress -
PB> ./mysql.so (LoadError) from ./test.rb:11


PB> Could someone please point out my mistake?

PB> Thank you.
PB> Paul.