Error installing mysql2: Failed to build gem native extension
I am having some problems when trying to install mysql2 gem for Rails. When I try to install it by running bundle install or gem install mysql2 it gives me the following error:
Error installing mysql2: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
How can I fix this and successfully install mysql2?
Mysql
- asked 8 years ago
- B Butts
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On Ubuntu/Debian and other distributions using aptitude:
sudo apt-get install libmysql-ruby libmysqlclient-dev
If the above command doesn't work because libmysql-ruby cannot be found, the following should be sufficient:
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
On Red Hat/CentOS and other distributions using yum:
sudo yum install mysql-devel
On Mac OS X with Homebrew:
brew install mysql
- answered 8 years ago
- Sunny Solu
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