sudo gem install mysql --
--with-mysql-config=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_config

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7 Responses to “Rails – MySQL (MAMP) Problem”

1. tfe says:

   December 8, 2008 at 8:48 am

   Which version of MAMP did you use this with? I have 1.7.2 and it seems to be lacking some things required for this to work.
2. unofficialmacAdmin says:

   December 9, 2008 at 9:12 am

   Hi Man, I am currently away from my computer. I will let you know of my version.
   Cheers,
   Alpay
3. unofficialmacAdmin says:

   December 22, 2008 at 10:03 am

   Hi Todd, I have 1.7 installed. What is the problem with your installation?
4. hcl says:

   January 2, 2009 at 9:36 pm

   whatever my problem was.
   yours solved it!
   Thanx!
5. Mirko says:

   January 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm

   I just can’t get it to work! Here are my errors:
   ——————-

   quasar:~ mirko$ sudo gem install mysql — –with-mysql-config=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_configBuilding native extensions. This could take a while…
   ERROR: Error installing mysql:
   ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

   /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install mysql — –with-mysql-config=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_config
   extconf.rb:5: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/ in PATH, mode 040777
   extconf.rb:7: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/ in PATH, mode 040777
   checking for mysql_ssl_set()… no
   checking for mysql.h… no
   checking for mysql/mysql.h… no
   *** 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
   –without-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=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
   –with-mysql-config

   Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
   Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
   quasar:~ mirko$
6. unofficialmacAdmin says:

   January 22, 2009 at 11:05 am

   Hi Mirko,

   I am not a specialist in this area. If I were you, I would re-install everything…

   Cheers,
   Alpay
7. Mike Boone says:

   January 29, 2009 at 10:23 pm

   Here’s what I had to do to get MAMP 1.7.2 working:

   http://boonedocks.net/mike/archives/175-MAMP-and-the-Ruby-MySQL-Gem.html