I also get this warning in the very beginning of the gem install. Does
it have any relevance?
WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8 and
/usr/bin aren't both writable.
WARNING: You don't have /Users/Ram/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH,
gem executables will not run.
On Jun 15, 1:41 pm, Ram <yourstruly.vi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Ive got Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8), ruby 1.8.6 (2009-06-08 patchlevel
> 369) [universal-darwin9.0] and mysql 5.0.67 installed and working fine
> with Rails 2.1.0.
>
> "which ruby" outputs /usr/bin/ruby. I can see the mysql symlink in /
> usr/local/mysql. I can also see the mysql-5.0.67-osx10.5-x86 folder
> in /usr/local .
>
> Im trying to upgrade my Rails apps to 2.3.5 but when i try to install
> the mysql gem, I get "ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension." I
> tried all the following commands with and without sudo and get the
> same error everytime
>
> > env ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386" gem install mysql --
> > --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
> > 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
> > 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
> > --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
> > env ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386" gem install mysql
> > --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
> > gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
> > gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
>
> Im not sure what Im doing wrong. Am I supposed to uninstall the
> existing mysql and reinstall the latest (5.1.x) before I install the
> mysql gem? Or are my ruby and mysql paths screwed up? Ive googled a
> lot and tried all the suggestions (as you can see above) but none
> work.
>
> I raised this issue already in the group but no replies yet. So I've
> reframed it in a simpler fashion. Even if noone knows the solution
> right away, I'd really appreciate any inputs at all.
>
> Thanks!
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