Rails error installing mysql2 (mysql2-0.3.20)

Question

I am trying to get a rails project up and running on my local machine. When I do bundle install

Fetching mysql2 0.3.20
Installing mysql2 0.3.20 with native ext         


        

Answer 1

I faced the same issue when installing mysql2-0.3.21 on Mac pro.

Below mentioned solution worked for me (run the below mentioned 3 commands in the terminal pointing to your project folder):

brew install mysql

gem install mysql2 -v '0.3.21' -- --srcdir=/usr/local/mysql/include

bundle install