gem install mysql is wrong!

1
votes

OS:
    Fedora 13

Question:
    The mysql for rails. I inputed the command "gem install mysql" and the request is error.

Error:
    Error: Error installing musql:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
can't find header files for ruby.
Gem files will remail installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out

Who can help me !

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mysqlruby-on-railsgem

2 Answers

2
votes

Make sure you have the ruby-devel package(s) installed

0
votes

You need to install "mysql client devel" which will install the header files and library for mysql. Then you can do "gem install mysql".