Error installing mysql2: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I am having some problems when trying to install mysql2 gem for Rails. When I try to install it by running bundle install or gem install mysq

Answer 1

I'm on a mac and use homebrew to install open source programs. I did have to install mac Dev tools in order to install homebrew, but after that it was a simple:

brew install mysql

to install mysql. I haven't had a mysql gem problem since.