MySQL Install: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I\'m trying to get MySQL installed to the latest version due to some installation going wrong somewhere along the line. I run the command gem install mysql and

Answer 1

on OSX mountain Lion: If you have brew installed, then brew install mysql and follow the instructions on creating a test database with mysql on your machine. You don't have to go all the way through, I didn't need to After I did that I was able to bundle install and rake.