gem mysql_rails gem install mysql

问题：安装mysql gem包时，出现一下错误

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...

ERROR:  Error installing mysql:

ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb

checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

checking for main() in -lm... yes

checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

checking for main() in -lz... no

checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

checking for main() in -lsocket... no

checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

checking for main() in -lnsl... yes

checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

checking for main() in -lmygcc... no

checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... 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=/usr/bin/ruby1.8

--with-mysql-config

--without-mysql-config

--with-mysql-dir

--without-mysql-dir

--with-mysql-include

--without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include

--with-mysql-lib

--without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib

--with-mysqlclientlib

--without-mysqlclientlib

--with-mlib

--without-mlib

--with-mysqlclientlib

--without-mysqlclientlib

--with-zlib

--without-zlib

--with-mysqlclientlib

--without-mysqlclientlib

--with-socketlib

--without-socketlib

--with-mysqlclientlib

--without-mysqlclientlib

--with-nsllib

--without-nsllib

--with-mysqlclientlib

--without-mysqlclientlib

--with-mygcclib

--without-mygcclib

--with-mysqlclientlib

--without-mysqlclientlib

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.

Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out

因为找不到mysql_config造成的，

只要安装“libmysqlclient15-dev”就可以了

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev