uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes (using mms2r gem)

Question

moved a rails app of mine onto a new server and had to install a few gem dependencies. However, after installing the mysql gem I get the error, uninitialized constant Mysql

Answer 1

On Mac OS X 10.6.4, I had to specify the architecture and config directory:

sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config