On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 18:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 19:25 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > > Craig White wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 18:51 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > > >> I'm trying to do a "gem install mysql", but I can't get the gem to > > >> build. Right at the beginning, I'm getting the error > > >> > > >> ------------------ > > >> find_library: checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... > > >> ------------------- > > >> - no > > >> > > >> "gcc -o conftest -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I. > > >> -I/usr/local/include -g > > >> -O2 conftest.c -L'/usr/local/lib' -Wl,-R'/usr/local/lib' -L'/usr/lib' > > >> -Wl,-R'/ > > >> usr/lib' -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -lruby-static -lmysqlclient > > >> -ldl -l > > >> crypt -lm -lc" > > >> conftest.c: In function ‘t’: > > >> conftest.c:3: error: ‘mysql_query’ undeclared (first use in this > > >> function) > > >> -------------------- > > >> > > >> I'm sure this is something that I need to install in Fedora, but I'm not > > >> sure which package would have this. Can anyone offer any advice? > > > ---- > > > # locate mysqlclient > > > /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15 > > > /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15.0.0 > > > /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so.15 > > > /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so.15.0.0 > > > > > > # rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15 > > > mysql-5.0.22-1.FC5.1 > > > > > > make sure you install 'gems' as root > > > > I am running as root (at least doing that right). I just did a > > yum install mysql-5.0.22-1.FC5.1 > ---- > no - the command would be > yum install mysql > I suspect that it is already installed though > ---- > > > > It reported that it did not have anything to do. Running > > gem install mysql -y > > still gives the same error. > ---- > OK - my fault because I use postgresql and not mysql > > give me a few minutes - I see the problem ---- this is tacky but it will work... first make sure you install devel libraries... yum install mysql-devel mysql-administrator then because the gem wants to use /usr/local/lib... mv /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib-orig ln -s /usr/lib /usr/local/lib then gem install mysql (I found 2.6 installed) then rm /usr/local/lib # remove the symbolic link we created earlier then mv /usr/local/lib-orig /usr/local/lib # put things back... and you should be good to go...but make sure you change /etc/my.cnf and restart mysqld service as I instructed in earlier e-mail Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list