This is for an online dictionary project. I am a linguist, not a
computer scientist. I want to install mysql-ruby on a Mac running OS X.
I have ruby and mysql working. I downloaded and untarred/unzipped
mysql-ruby-2.4.2.tar.gz. Can anyone point me to something that will walk
me through the installation. I know next to nothing about the make, make
install process.
location of ruby and irb: /usr/local/bin/
location of mysql stuff: /usr/local/mysql/
location of mysql: /usr/local/mysql/bin/
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Result of first attempt to begin installation:
[localhost:gary/Apps/mysql-ruby-2.4.2] root# ruby extconf.rb
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
[1] + Terminated find / -name libmysqlclient.a -print
Current contents of extconf.rb file:
require 'mkmf’
inc, lib = dir_config(‘mysql’, ‘/usr/local/mysql’)
find_library(‘mysqlclient’, ‘mysql_query’, lib, “#{lib}/mysql”) or exit 1
If you have error such as ‘undefined symbol’, delete ‘#’ mark follow
lines:
have_library(‘m’)
have_library(‘z’)
have_header(‘mysql.h’) or have_header(‘mysql/mysql.h’) or exit 1
create_makefile(“mysql”)
Gary B. Palmer
ANT & ETS
University of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
89154
gbp@nevada.edu
anthro-ets.unlv.edu