From: GARY PALMER <gbp@...>
Date: 2002-07-16T10:14:17+09:00
Subject: installation, ruby-mysql in OS X

This is for an online dictionary project. I am a linguist, not a 
computer scientist. I want to install mysql-ruby on a Mac running OS X. 
I have ruby and mysql working. I downloaded and untarred/unzipped 
mysql-ruby-2.4.2.tar.gz. Can anyone point me to something that will walk 
me through the installation. I know next to nothing about the make, make 
install process.

location of ruby and irb:  /usr/local/bin/
location of mysql stuff:   /usr/local/mysql/
location of mysql:           /usr/local/mysql/bin/

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Result of first attempt to begin installation:

[localhost:gary/Apps/mysql-ruby-2.4.2] root# ruby extconf.rb
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
[1]  + Terminated                    find / -name libmysqlclient.a -print

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Current contents of extconf.rb file:

require 'mkmf'
inc, lib = dir_config('mysql', '/usr/local/mysql')
find_library('mysqlclient', 'mysql_query', lib, "#{lib}/mysql") or exit 1
# If you have error such as 'undefined symbol', delete '#' mark follow
# lines:
have_library('m')
have_library('z')
have_header('mysql.h') or have_header('mysql/mysql.h') or exit 1
create_makefile("mysql")

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Gary B. Palmer
ANT & ETS
University of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
89154
gbp@nevada.edu
anthro-ets.unlv.edu