Posted by Balaji D Loganathan on November 11th, 2011 
brew install mysql

Is you have installed mysql server already and have a failed mysql gem, then remove the mysql server first [ see]

Do this to install mysql system tables:

mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp

Install mysql gem:

sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql --with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15/lib/ --with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/5.5.15/include  --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.15/bin/mysql_config

To find out what your machine is. use uname -a

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One Response to “Ruby Tips 11: Install mysql gem on Mac OS X Lion”

  1. Balaji D Loganathan says:
    November 28, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    The simplest option is to go for mysql2 gem.

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