From: Nabs Kahn Date: 2009-07-01T06:57:49+09:00 Subject: Re: Error installing gem Jordon Bedwell wrote: > Sudo does work on OSX. Try this for OSX: > gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5 > --with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 > --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config Nabs$ gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5 --with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8 and /usr/bin aren't both writable. WARNING: You don't have /Users/Nabs/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH, gem executables will not run. Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5 --with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config extconf.rb:1: command not found: /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config --cflags *** 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=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby --with-mysql-config Gem files will remain installed in /Users/Nabs/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection. Results logged to /Users/Nabs/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.