When attempting to install the Ruby MySQL Gem on Mac OS X:
# ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4/extensions/x86_64-darwin-14/2.1.0-static/mysql-2.9.1/mkmf.log
find_library: checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... -------------------- no
Similar messages about the same missing function throughout mkmf.log.
I assume missing dependencies but I don't know what they would be or where this would be documented. Google doesn't seem to help. And the project is unmaintained.
Tried Ruby 2.1.4, 2.2.7, 2.4.1.
You don't have the mysqlclient library installed. The easiest way to get it on your machine is to use Homebrew and do brew install mysql.
The mysql gem has native extensions - that is, when the gem is installed, native parts of it are compiled. You will need a C/C++ toolchain as well on your Mac for this to work. If you have XCode installed, you should be good to go as it provides clang.
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Ruby already installed on Mac. So i just installed rails.
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [universal-darwin10.0]
rails 2.3.11
gem 1.3.5
When i trying : gem install mysql i get this error:
89-235-235-64:~ vitali$ gem install mysql
WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8 and
/usr/bin aren't both writable.
WARNING: You don't have /Users/vitali/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH,
gem executables will not run.
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing mysql:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h
Gem files will remain installed in /Users/vitali/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/vitali/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out
89-235-235-64:~ vitali$
Dont understand what to do. gem install mysql installing without MySQl itself or I should download and install MySQL as prorgamm? If yes, from what resource, what version, how to instal? Please help me, im newbie on mac. Big thanks!
You're almost certainly going to need MySQL installed to have the MySQL gem installed (even better is the mysql2 gem, which Rails also works with - just use mysql2 instead of mysql in your database.yml file).
I find the best way to get MySQL on my Mac whenever I format it (which, admittedly, is rarely) is to use Homebrew. So, if you don't have Homebrew installed, I'd start with that... and once that's done, it should be a matter of running sudo brew install mysql, and running the instructions it provides after the installation is done.
I come from OSX where Ruby runs super flawlessly 90% of the time. I haven't touched it in awhile though and happen to be working on a Windows 7 machine right now. I'm trying to run a simple Ruby on Rails project but I can't seem to get past any of my database setup.
I want to run on mysql but when I try to install the mysql2 gem (via bundle install or gem install mysql2) I get these errors:
Installing mysql2 (0.2.9) with native
extensions
C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1
.9.1/rubygems/installer.rb:533:in
`rescue in block in build_extensions':
ERROR: Failed to build gem native
extension.
(Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
C:/Ruby192/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb 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.
I'm pretty much a complete newb when it comes to this kind of thing so if anyone has any advice, please help!
To install and compile extensions sometimes you need libraries and headers of the dependencies. In this case, you need MySQL headers and libraries to properly compile.
Assuming you downloaded Ruby from RubyInstaller and also installed the Development Kit and followed it's installation instructions, to successfuly install mysql2 gem I recommend you read this answer in our Troubleshooting page:
Download MySQL Connector/C
Extract into a path without spaces
When installing mysql2 gem, provide the additional options (gem install mysql2 -v 0.2.10 -- --with-mysql-include=... --with-mysql-lib...)
Provide for --with-mysql-include option the path to the include directory of MySQL Connector/C. The same for --with-mysql-lib but this time point to lib directory.
Don't forget to copy libmysql.dll to your Ruby bin directory.
Hope this helps.
The problem with native extensions on Windows is that there are two different compiler infrastructures: one based on MS VC and its Visual Studio and one based on MinGW (Minimalist GCC for Windows).
There are Ruby native extensions that can be compiled with any of them and other, that only support one. And since most of them come from some kind of Unix, chances are that mingw works better that MSVC.
So you may try to install mingw and use it to compile mysql gem - there is a special package called devkit, which contains a minimal necessary mingw installation which you just put inside your ruby installation.
I had a success compiling several native extensions using devkit: eventmachine, linecache, bson-ext to name a few. And within devkit you will feel much more are home :-) (coming from OSX)
If you have the devkit setup correct as #Tomasz mentions, please make sure you check the compatibility of mysql2 gem version with windows, I have experienced in the past for it to cause issues and had to go and install a previous version to get it working. Last I remember v0.2.6 was the version that supported windows.
I've been struggling with this for a few hours. Everything just stopped working and I can't get it to work anymore. I'm a noob at Ruby, Ruby on Rails and the Terminal in general. This is really frustrating me so I just try to describe my problem as detailed as possible hoping someone can give me a solution.
I'm on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I couldn't get Rails working at all just now: Could not find gem 'rails' headaches
But after some tries of reinstalling it, it suddenly worked again. But now I just can't get MySQL to work, and it sometimes even breaks the Rails installation again.
This is what I do:
sudo gem uninstall rails
sudo gem uninstall mysql
sudo gem uninstall mysql2
After these commands, I check the installed gems with gem list. No MySQL gem is listed anymore, but I can still see rails (2.3.5, 2.2.2, 1.2.6)
. Is this normal? Does this mean I have 3 Rails installations? It doesn't make sense to me. Anyway, then I do this:
sudo gem clean
Which fails completely. I get a bunch of errors like this:
Attempting to uninstall fcgi-0.8.7
Unable to uninstall fcgi-0.8.7:
Gem::InstallError: cannot uninstall, check gem list -d fcgi
It doesn't uninstall anything. At this point, I try to install everything again. I start with:
sudo gem install rails
Which succeeds (I think):
Successfully installed rails-3.0.3
Successfully installed builder-2.1.2
2 gems installed
Installing ri documentation for rails-3.0.3...
File not found: lib
Then, I update RubyGems:
sudo gem update --system
sudo gem install rubygems-update
sudo update_rubygems
Then it says I have 1.3.7 installed, so it succeeded, I think. So now I proceed with installing MySQL. I already got MySQL 5.5.8 installed on my machine. I did some research about installing MySQL on Snow Leopard, and it seems I have to use this command:
sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
I get a bunch of errors like this:
No definition for time_set_neg
No definition for time_set_second_part
No definition for time_equal
No definition for error_errno
At this point, I assume I got both Rails and the MySQL gem installed, so I try to start a new project.
rails new user_group -d mysql
It works! Rails is installed correctly. Now, I try generating a model.
cd user_group
rails generate model User
It fails with this error:
Could not find gem 'mysql2 (>= 0, runtime)' in any of the gem sources listed in your Gemfile.
Try running bundle install.
So I try running bundle install. It installs a lot of gems. Then I try to generate my model again. I get this error:
Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle: dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle, 9): Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.16.dylib (LoadError)
Referenced from: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle
Reason: image not found - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle
This is as far as I can get. What should I do? And why should this be so hard...
Snow Leopard supplies Ruby 1.8.7. Ruby 1.8.7 doesn't automatically add the require 'rubygems' command to a Ruby script, like 1.9.2 will, so in general you need to add that to your script. That fixes the problems with Ruby not finding the gems called by your code in a lot of cases. Rails is a different animal, but the version with 1.8.7 is well documented so you should have found a fix pretty quickly.
The Ruby supplied by Snow Leopard is really for its own use. Users can piggyback on that, but it's installed by Apple because they have applications that use it. Use locate podcast | grep rb$ to see. Similarly, Perl and Python in Snow Leopard are used to support code Apple has installed so messing with them is not a good idea. Changing the built-in Ruby, Perl or Python usually won't cause the system to explode in flames, but it can cause irritating and unexplained problems farther down the road when system maintenance routines stop working.
By using sudo to remove gems installed by Apple and add new ones, you've left your system Ruby in an unexpected state as far as Apple's apps are concerned. Rather than mess with Apple's Ruby, you should install a separate Ruby for your own use using Fink or MacPorts, or from source code, or by using RVM.
Personally, I use RVM because it creates a ~/.rvm sandbox in your home directory, and makes it easy to manage multiple versions of Ruby and gems. RVM requires you to install the XCode development library, which you can download from http://developer.apple.com/technologies/ after a free registration. XCode is also on your system DVD, but that version is reported to be buggy, so use the downloaded version.
Make sure to add the MySql gem to that projects gemfile with the following code:
gem 'mysql', '2.8.1'
Run a bundle install/update and try it. You told it to use MySQL and the gem might even be installed, but you aren't loading it.
Also, you're failing at a couple of points: notice the
File not found: lib
Then again, I could be completely wrong about this - it's my attempt at providing a clue for your troubleshooting.
Trying to start a new Rails 3 beta 4 app with mysql.... Running OS X Snow Leopard. WIth previous versions of Rails I have no problem with MySQL. But now when I start the Rails 3 app I get the following error when I click "About Your Application Environment" on the Rails index.html startup screen:
undefined method `init' for Mysql:Class
Change your Gemfile to use 'mysql2', it's a more modern driver and has nicer features as other people have mentioned.
New Rails applications use the mysql2 gem by default.
I ran into the same issue (RoR 3, OSX 10.6, mysql 2.8.1 gem).
You can use irb to rule out RoR:
irb
require 'rubygems'
require 'mysql'
db = Mysql.connect('hostname', 'username', 'password', 'database')
If the above doesn't work, you may want to try removing the mysql gem and reinstalling it. I came across a post saying bundle install might mess up the install without displaying errors.
sudo gem uninstall mysql
sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Verify things work via irb, then start up rails again.
I ended up switching from the mysql gem to the ruby-mysql gem, worked.
For simple usage, which is typical (connecting, querying, iterating over results), I found mysql2 gem which is much faster than mysql or ruby-mysql gems and auto-casts values to proper types. And it installes perfectly on Snow Leopard while I couldn't get mysql gem to work.
More info at http://github.com/brianmario/mysql2
I think I have found the solution for the problem. In my case the problem was that the mysql gem hasn't been properly installed using the bundler . when I did this:
bundle install mysql (noobish mistake)
all gems went to mysql directory, but later on I have checked the docs of the bundler gem
and did this:
bundle install bundler_files ( to know where the gems are in the future)
everything looked almost ok except that when mysql gem was installing i got some errors.
I noticed that it was because of my folder path "/home/pawel/Aptana Studio Workspace/myrails_app"
If you have spaces in your folder path this gem wont install properly and later on when you modify the path to one without spaces and try to install the mysql gem IT WONT DISPLAY ANY ERRORS, but the installation will be corrupted, because you will have some extra folders there with some files etc. so
DELETE THE GEM FOLDER CREATED BY BUNDLER AND REINSTALL GEMS WITH THIS COMMAND:
bundle install
That solved the problem.
you can try switching to the mysql2 gem which should resolve all that issues for you. see: https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/
I think what happens is that the mysql gem isn't able to load the mysql dynamic library (supposed to be supplied by the native MySQL installation). To test whether this is happening, do this
$ irb
1.9.2p320 :001 > require 'mysql_api'
=> true
1.9.2p320 :002 >
If it isn't able to load this low level mysql_api, (which actually supplies the functionality to the mysql gem), it will give you some potentially useful errors. Usually it is not able to find the dynamic library. To remedy this, I found a couple of solutions:
From http://wonko.com/post/how-to-install-the-mysqlruby-gem-on-mac-os-x-leopard, do this
For system-wide install
sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386" gem install mysql -- \
--with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib \
--with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include
or local install
env ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386" gem install mysql -- \
--with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib \
--with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include
and then from http://alexbraunstein.com/2011/08/12/library-loaded-libmysqlclient-18-dylib/ put in .bash_profile:
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/mysql/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
I has the same issue after upgrading to Snow Leopard. On installing the MySQL gem, I got a bunch of errors about the documentation, then, on running the server:
undefined method `init' for Mysql:Class
I was also having some similar, but unrelated issues with other gems, particularly those that had C components that needed compiling such as RedCloth and hpricot:
Unable to compile native extensions
These errors were to do with native extensions in base 64 architecture. The solution was threefold:
I reinstalled XCode 4. The upgrade to Snow Leopard had broken my C compiler, so some gems were failing to compile. This took me a step closer, but didn't fix the issue.
I blew away and reinstalled RVM. It appeared to be installing gems in one directory, and finding them in another. This fixed every native architecture base64 error, but the MySQL gem was still failing.
I removed and downgraded MySQL to version 5.1. This fixed the MySQL gem issue.
All is now well again.
So I am getting the same issue as mentioned here -
gem install mysql failure in Snow Leopard
But I haven't been able to get it fixed using the answers on this link.
Here's a brief history -
I had MAMP on my machine,
but now I downloaded the latest MySQL from mysql.com and installed version 5.1.46
this new version runs fine and client "mysql" is able to connect
and I also have XCode v3.2.1, since someone mentioned that it can cause issues.
Here's the error -
**Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing mysql:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h
Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out**
"can't find header files for ruby" usually means that the system can't locate the header files for Ruby. This happened to me when I upgraded to 10.6 from 10.5. Download the latest XCode from Apple's site and reinstall it. Make sure that you check the box for "UNIX Development" during the install. The header files for Ruby are not in the main package.
Have you installed other versions of Ruby or are you using the standard 1.8.7 that comes with OS X? You can check your version of ruby by typing ruby -v at a terminal prompt.