<on my knees now> :S Im not comfortable uninstalling everything and installing it from scratch again. Dont want to lose my existing setup. Pointers from anyone at all?
On Jun 15, 1:52 pm, Ram <yourstruly.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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! -- 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-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.