centos gem mysql2_Error installing mysql2 Gem on Linux; 在Linux上安装mysql2 Gem出错

错误：

在Linux系统上安装的MySQL gem的时候，我遇到以下问题。

# gem install mysql2 -v '0.3.18'

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

ERROR: Error installing mysql2:

ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby extconf.rb

checking for ruby/thread.h... yes

checking for rb_thread_call_without_gvl() in ruby/thread.h... yes

checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... yes

checking for rb_wait_for_single_fd()... yes

checking for rb_hash_dup()... yes

checking for rb_intern3()... yes

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... yes

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/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby

--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-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

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/mysql2-0.3.18 for inspection.

Results logged to /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.1.0/mysql2-0.3.18/gem_make.out

解决方法：

要解决这个问题，我们需要把我们的Linux系统上安装MySQL的 development 和 client 软件包。

在Ubuntu和Debian中：

$ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

在Redhat和CentOS中：

# yum install mysql-devel

在Mac OS X中：

$ brew install mysql