From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2010-03-03T23:40:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about mysql gem

On Mar 3, 3:30 pm, msiles <moises.si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> sorry if this question shouldn't be here, but when I tried to install
> the mysql gem I getting the following error
>
> When I ran gem install mysql
>
> gem install mysql
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES)
>     Permission denied - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/
> COPYING
>
> when I ran sudo gem install mysql
>
> 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
> mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/
> Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h
>
> Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/
> mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.
> Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/
> mysql_api/gem_make.out
>
> I'm not sure what could be the problem :S
>

What version of OSX are you using?

Do you have mysql installed either by macports or from binary package?

If so, is mysql_config or mysql_config5 available in the path? (which
mysql_config will tell you if so)

To build mysql you need mysql installed.

HTH,
--
Luis Lavena

> thanks