issue in installing mysql2 gem with rails3 on mac

Question

 Installing mysql2 (0.2.6) with native extensions /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:483:in `build_extensions\': ERROR: Failed to build gem native extensio         


        

Answer 1

Try installing mysql from macports

sudo ports install mysql5

It took ages to complete, but once done run

gem install mysql2

and everything should work just fine