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Ruby: Rails gem install mysql throws error: extconf.rb failed

hecking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no

*** 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.
===============soluton

gem install mysql — –with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

August 17, 2008 Posted Under: Ruby   Read More

Ruby: Rmagick compile failed

gem install rmagick

Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing rmagick:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Can’t install RMagick 2.3.0. Can’t find Magick-config in
/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

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solution

install imagemagick from source

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/install-source.php#unix

April 13, 2008 Posted Under: Ruby   Read More