I have the same error, while I''m trying to make gem install rails....
can someone help please??
Thanks!
On Aug 19, 8:23 am, Rajeswar reddy Gaulla <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:> Hi All,
>
> I am getting below issue while installing mysql gem on my windows
> machine. Please help to resolve this issue.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Raj>gem install mysql
> Building native extensions. This could take a while...
> ERROR: Error installing mysql:
> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> C:/Ruby19/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
> checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... *** extconf.rb failed ***
> Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
> necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
> details. You may need configuration options.
>
> Provided configuration options:
> --with-opt-dir
> --without-opt-dir
> --with-opt-include
> --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
> --with-opt-lib
> --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
> --with-make-prog
> --without-make-prog
> --srcdir=.
> --curdir
> --ruby=C:/Ruby19/bin/ruby
> --with-mysql-config
> --without-mysql-config
> --with-mysql-dir
> --without-mysql-dir
> --with-mysql-include
> --without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include
> --with-mysql-lib
> --without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib
> --with-mysqlclientlib
> --without-mysqlclientlib
> C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:362:in `try_do'': The complier
failed to
> generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
> You have to install development tools first.
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:415:in `try_link0''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:419:in `try_link''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:527:in `try_func''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:748:in `block in
find_library''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:668:in `block in
checking_for''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:274:in `block (2 levels) in
> postpone''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:248:in `open''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:274:in `block in postpone''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:248:in `open''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:270:in `postpone''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:667:in `checking_for''
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:744:in `find_library''
> from extconf.rb:14:in `<main>''
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