I do not have mysql gem installed at lall - all I use is libmysql-
ruby1.8 library from Ubuntu apt repository. I think this is preferred
way of getting MySQL to work - but please correct me if I''m wrong and
should use gem instead...
On 21 Mar, 17:46, Andrew Roth
<andrewr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Hello,
>
> There must be some obvious explanation that I''m missing, but I
can''t
> figure out why gem install mysql -- as many guides messages instruct
> -- wants to install v 2.7 of the adapter. I''ve tried it on a
number
> of recently installed systems with recent rubygems, and they all want
> to install v 2.7. That version is three and a half years old!
>
> Why aren''t the newer versions in the gem list? Why
aren''t the older
> versions available? Do people just use their distribution''s mysql
> adapter? Is it that 2.7 does the job so nobody bothers to upgrade?
>
> $ gem list --remote mysql
>
> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
>
> mysql (2.7.3, 2.7)
> mysql_replication_adapter (0.4.0)
> mysql_retry_lost_connection (0.0.1)
>
> Ok, let''s try installing v 2.7.3 as it says that
version''s available..
>
> $ sudo gem install -v 2.7.3 mysql
> ERROR: could not find gem mysql locally or in a repository
>
> Hmm, ok, let''s just install it
>
> $ sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=`which mysql_config`
> Building native extensions. This could take a while...
> Successfully installed mysql-2.7
> 1 gem installed
>
> I wonder what other versions there are
>
> $ gem list --details mysql
>
> *** LOCAL GEMS ***
>
> mysql (2.7)
> Author:
> Homepage:http://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/
> Installed at: /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>
> MySQL/Ruby provides the same functions for Ruby programs that the
> MySQL C API provides for C programs.
>
> Looks likehttp://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/history has 2.7 released
> 2005-08-22 (3.5 years ago!), and many newer versions since.
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