Did you install MySQL? Binary or Source? Even if you are connecting to
a remote database, you are still going to have to have mysql header
files and libs installed.

On 10/29/07, X43 X43 <a43131@[...].com>  wrote:
>  Michael Steinfeld wrote:
>  > did you install the mysql adapter gem?
> 
>  That's where the problem is coming. I tried doing that in both manner:
> 
>  gem install mysql
> 
>  and as shown here :
>  http://www.notsostupid.com/blog/2007/10/25/ruby-leopard-and-gems/
> 
> 
>  Both result in :
> 
>  Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>  ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
>      ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> 
>  ruby extconf.rb install mysql
>  checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
>  checking for main() in -lm... yes
>  checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
>  checking for main() in -lz... yes
>  checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
>  checking for main() in -lsocket... no
>  checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
>  checking for main() in -lnsl... no
>  checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
>  *** extconf.rb failed ***
> 
>  Appreciate your response. Thanks in advance.
>  Aashish
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> 
> 


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