My settup:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Rails 4.2.x
- Ruby 2.2.0
Error:
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/home/tomi/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150617-4359-1xygr4t.rb extconf.rb
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... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lmygcc... no
checking 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.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/home/tomi/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-mysql-config
--without-mysql-config
--with-mysql-dir
--without-mysql-dir
--with-mysql-include
--without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include
--with-mysql-lib
--without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-mlib
--without-mlib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-zlib
--without-zlib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-socketlib
--without-socketlib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-nsllib
--without-nsllib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-mygcclib
--without-mygcclib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
extconf failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in /home/tomi/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0@rails-framework-4.2/gems/mysql-2.9.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/tomi/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0@rails-framework-4.2/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.2.0/mysql-2.9.1/gem_make.out
solution:
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
if not try
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
