Question

i am trying to use mysql as a database for my rails application.

here is what my database.yml file looks like

development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  database: blog_development
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password:
  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

and this is the error i am getting when i try the rake db:create command

hilarl@isa009:~/workspace/blog$ rake db:create rake aborted! Please
install the mysql2 adapter: gem install activerecord-mysql2-adapter
(mysql2 is not part of the bundle. Add it to Gemfile.)

Tasks: TOP => db:create (See full trace by running task with –trace)

and when i try gem install activerecord-mysql2-adapter i get ‘ERROR: Could not find a valid gem ‘activerecord-mysql2-adaptor’ (>= 0) in any repository’

i am using ubuntu with ruby 1.9.3p194 and rails 3.2.3

Answer 1

what the contents of your Gemfile ?
you should add :

gem 'mysql2'

in your gem file, after that from your directory apps in terminal you should execute bundle install