Re: Problems installing mysql-gem

Thufir
2007-05-13T23:22:31Z

I''m trying to install the mysql gem.  I have mysql up and running,
everything is up to date through yum in fedora, fc6.

[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# gem install mysql -y
Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-linux)
 1. mysql 2.7.3 (mswin32)
 2. mysql 2.7.1 (mswin32)
 3. mysql 2.7 (ruby)
 4. mysql 2.6 (ruby)
 5. Skip this gem
 6. Cancel installation


> 3


Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

ruby extconf.rb install mysql -y
can''t find header files for ruby.


Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/
mysql-2.7
for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora Core release 6 (Zod)
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# date
Sun May 13 08:01:18 BST 2007
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]#


thanks,


Thufir