Installing MySQL gem on CentOS

http://whomwah.com/2008/10/13/installing-mysql-gem-on-centos/

[quote]Old news, but you’d be surprised how many times the same:
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.
...
error brings everything to a halt. Well on Centos the way to install the MySQL gem is:
$ sudo yum install mysql mysql-devel gcc
...

# 32 bit machine
$ sudo gem install mysql -- \
> --with-mysql-include=/usr/bin/mysql \
> --with-mysql-lib=/usr/lib/mysql

# or 64 bit like they are on SliceHost
$ sudo gem install mysql -- \
> --with-mysql-include=/usr/bin/mysql \
> --with-mysql-lib=/usr/lib64/mysq

Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed mysql-2.7
1 gem installed
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