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

I had also forgotten to actually install MySQL in the first place. Following this guide helped a lot.

http://www.djangoapp.com/blog/2011/07/24/installation-of-mysql-server-on-mac-os-x-lion/

As well as adding these lines to my .profile:

export PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
alias mysqladmin=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin