Rails 4 - Gem::LoadError: Specified 'mysql2' for database adapter, but the gem is not loaded

Question

In my gemfile I have:

gem \'mysql2\'

My database.yml is as follows:

default: &default
  adapter: mysql2
  database: <         


        

Answer 1

Had same issue but adding source 'https://rubygems.org' to the top of gem file solved issue.

Steps:

add source 'https://rubygems.org' to your gem file. Comment out mysql2 gem and add gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.3.18' Run bundle install