I am new to Ruby and have tried and failed several times installing mysql2 gem on my windows 7 OS. I checked several forums for solutions but still couldn''t get that installed. can someone help my out please? below is the error: c:\>gem install mysql2 Building native extensions. This could take a while. ERROR: Error installing mysql2: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... *** 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:/Ruby192/bin/ruby C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:368:in `try_do'': The complier failed to generate an executable fil e. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first. from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:435:in `try_link0'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:440:in `try_link'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:552:in `try_func'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:797:in `block in have_func'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:693:in `block in checking_for'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `block in postpone'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `postpone'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:692:in `checking_for'' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:796:in `have_func'' from extconf.rb:9:in `<main>'' Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mysql2-0.2.4 for inspection. Results logged to C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mysql2-0.2.4/ext/mysql2/gem_make.out -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Sep 23, 5:03 pm, Robert Wilson <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I am new to Ruby and have tried and failed several times installing > mysql2 gem on my windows 7 OS. I checked several forums for solutions > but still couldn''t get that installed. can someone help my out please? > > below is the error: > c:\>gem install mysql2 > Building native extensions. This could take a while. > ERROR: Error installing mysql2: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. >Please see this: http://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/issues#issue/8 -- Luis Lavena -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Luis Lavena wrote:> On Sep 23, 5:03�pm, Robert Wilson <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> I am new to Ruby and have tried and failed several times installing >> mysql2 gem on my windows 7 OS. I checked several forums for solutions >> but still couldn''t get that installed. can someone help my out please? >> >> below is the error: >> c:\>gem install mysql2 >> Building native extensions. �This could take a while. >> ERROR: �Error installing mysql2: >> � � � � ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. >> > > Please see this: > > http://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/issues#issue/8 > > -- > Luis LavenaI just can''t find my way around that post. I renamed the (fstab.sample) to (fstab) and I edited the file with the following contents. C:\Ruby192\devkit\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5 C:\Ruby192\devkit\mingw\libexec\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5 After i tried reinstalling mysql2 but I ended up with the same error message I posted earlier. is it something am doing wrong? Am absolutely new to both Ruby and RoR. Below is the gems i have installed. *** LOCAL GEMS *** abstract (1.0.0) actionmailer (3.0.0) actionpack (3.0.0) activemodel (3.0.0) activerecord (3.0.0) activeresource (3.0.0) activesupport (3.0.0) archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2) arel (1.0.1) builder (2.1.2) bundler (1.0.0) cgi_multipart_eof_fix (2.5.0) columnize (0.3.1) erubis (2.6.6) fastthread (1.0.1 i386-mswin32) gem_plugin (0.2.3) i18n (0.4.1) linecache (0.43 mswin32) mail (2.2.6.1) mime-types (1.16) minitest (1.7.1, 1.6.0) mongrel (1.1.5 x86-mswin32-60) mysql (2.8.1 x86-mingw32, 2.7.3 mswin32) polyglot (0.3.1) rack (1.2.1) rack-mount (0.6.13) rack-test (0.5.5, 0.5.4) rails (3.0.0) railties (3.0.0) rake (0.8.7) rdoc (2.5.11, 2.5.8) ruby-debug-base (0.10.3 mswin32) ruby-debug-ide (0.4.5) ruby_core_source (0.1.4) sqlite3-ruby (1.3.1 x86-mingw32) thor (0.14.1) treetop (1.4.8) tzinfo (0.3.23) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
If anybody still facing problem of installing mysql2 gem with rails 3 on Windows, then refer to the detailed steps of installation on - http://rorguide.blogspot.com/2011/03/installing-mysql2-gem-on-ruby-192-and.html -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.