From: Pen Ttt Date: 2010-05-05T22:41:27+09:00 Subject: sudo gem install mysql problem today i have installed ubuntu10.04. pt@pt-laptop:~$ ruby -v ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux] pt@pt-laptop:~$ gem -v 1.3.5 pt@pt-laptop:~$ sudo gem install mysql Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb extconf.rb:10:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) from extconf.rb:10 Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection. Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out how to sovle the problem? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.