Rails - Mar 2006 - Installing MySql using Ruby Gems

I''m using Kubuntu Breezy and I''m trying to install MySql using
Ruby I''m
using ruby 1.8.3 and gem 0.8.11

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jimmyb@scooter:~$ sudo gem install mysql
Attempting local installation of ''mysql''
Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ''mysql''
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
extconf.rb:1:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)
        from extconf.rb:1
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 
for inspection.
  ruby extconf.rb install mysql\n

Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
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The gem_make.out file has only one line:
ruby extconf.rb install mysql

I opened the file ''extconf.rb'' and commented out the required
file
''mkmf''
but I get the same error.

Any suggestions?







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Jimmy Brock wrote:
> I''m using Kubuntu Breezy and I''m trying to install MySql
using Ruby I''m
> using ruby 1.8.3 and gem 0.8.11
<snip>
> I opened the file ''extconf.rb'' and commented out the
required file
> ''mkmf''
> but I get the same error.
> 
> Any suggestions?
Did you sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev?

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Alex

Alex Young wrote:
> Jimmy Brock wrote:
>> I''m using Kubuntu Breezy and I''m trying to install
MySql using Ruby I''m
>> using ruby 1.8.3 and gem 0.8.11
> <snip>
>> I opened the file ''extconf.rb'' and commented out the
required file
>> ''mkmf''
>> but I get the same error.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
> 
> Did you sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev?
That solved my problem.

Thanks a LOT!

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