Question

In order to build ruby 1.9 on mac I had to install gcc 4.6. Rails and a bunch of other gems built fine. installing mysql or mysql2 is giving me all sorts of heartache.

rubygems> env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql2 -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib --with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing mysql2:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /Users/ff/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/bin/ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib --with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... yes
checking for rb_wait_for_single_fd()... yes
checking for mysql.h... no
checking for mysql/mysql.h... no
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mysql.h is missing.  please check your installation of mysql and try again.
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*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
details.  You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
    --with-opt-dir
    --with-opt-include
    --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
    --with-opt-lib
    --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
    --with-make-prog
    --without-make-prog
    --srcdir=.
    --curdir
    --ruby=/Users/ff/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/bin/ruby
    --with-mysql-config


Gem files will remain installed in /Users/ff/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0/gems/mysql2-0.3.11 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/ff/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/ext/mysql2/gem_make.out

When I look at the mkmf.log file I see:

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have_header: checking for mysql.h... -------------------- no

"/opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-4.6 -E -I/Users/ff/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.2.0 -I/Users/ff/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/ff/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -I/Users/ff/.rvm/usr/include -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/usr/local/mysql/include -Os -arch i386 -fno-common  -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration  -fno-common -pipe  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
gcc-mp-4.6: error: i386: No such file or directory
gcc-mp-4.6: error: unrecognized option '-arch'
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: #include <mysql.h>
/* end */

So basically it seems that the -arch flag is not supported. Anyone have an idea as to where these compile options are provided so I can remove this flag? Or any other solution…. Thanks

Answer 1

Install MySQL separate from when installing rails. I tried installing it with rvm and it did not work.

Check out this article it should help you with installing mysql

If that fails here’s another solution. Both have worked for me.