From: Reprisal <nepenthereprisal@...>
Date: 2006-10-01T01:24:19+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby / osx / mysql

You can install rb-mysql 2.7.1 via ports, for some reason gems only  
has 2.7.0.

12:21:06~[14]>port installed | grep mysql
   mysql5 @5.0.24_0+darwin_8+server (active)
   rb-mysql @2.7.1_0 (active)

Working out great for me, with no hand compiling.


On Sep 30, 2006, at 9:32 AM, Jonas Hartmann wrote:

> dc wrote:
>> hiya -
>>> > after compiling, where do the libraries end up? are they compiled
>>> > specific to each mac, or can the libs just be copied with eg a  
>>> full
>>> > ruby/lib/ directory tree from one mac to another?
>>> This will help you:
>>> http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ 
>>> ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger
>> yes, i went through that process already and it works on my local
>> machine (in fact i think someone else has a shell script that does  
>> the
>> whole thing).
>> but it seems unlikely that all the people doing ruby/rails dev on osx
>> are compiling mysql drivers, so i thought i must be missing  
>> something.
>> /dc
>
> i dont see the problem.
>
> you can use locomotive[1] if you dont want to intall x-code with gcc.
>
> it lets you create rails enviroments with a few mouseclicks (OS X  
> only)
>
> though, last time i used it, it was not up to date (regarding rails)
>
> and you still have to get mysql up and runnning, there might be (i  
> dont know) some mysql shipping with os, but i'd install a recent  
> version.
>
> [1] http://locomotive.raaum.org/
>
>