~# gem install mysql2
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing mysql2:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p353/bin/ruby extconf.rb
Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/mysql2-0.3.16 for inspection.
I google and tried the below but still the same error. Pleas help! Thank you!
sudo apt-get install mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
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It looks like you are probably missing something needed to compile the mysql2 gem’s C extension. Try installing the following packages:
works for me! thanks
Also need to install ruby2.*-dev