Installing MySQL2 Gem on Windows

Question

I was having some issues getting the mysql2 gem to install on my Windows 8.1 machine. I followed the instructions in this post:

Ruby MYSQL2 gem instal

Answer 1

When you installed the mysql2, did you download the lib files it needs?

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I've not installed it on Windows 8, but Windows 7 needs to have this file to give mysql the dependencies requires to help it work. You can see various tutorials on how to do this, and I'll outline a simple overview here:

- Unzip the mysql connector file:

C:\mysql-connector-c-6.1.3-win32\ (or similar path WITHOUT any spaces)

- Run the mysql2 gem installer again:

gem uninstall mydsql
gem install mysql2 --platform=ruby -- '--with-mysql-lib="C:\mysql-connector\lib" --with-mysql-include="C:\mysql-connector\include" --with-mysql-dir="C:\mysql-connector"'

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Bottom line is I think your mysql2 gem isn't loading the files it requires to run, and probably doesn't show an error because it's Windows 8