Error installing mysql2: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I am having some problems when trying to install mysql2 gem for Rails. When I try to install it by running bundle install or gem install mysq

Answer 1

Have you tried using

 gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-lib=/usr/lib/mysql/lib 

to specify the location of thebase directory as well as the path to the MySQL libraries that are necessary to complete the gem installation?

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