MySQL Install: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I\'m trying to get MySQL installed to the latest version due to some installation going wrong somewhere along the line. I run the command gem install mysql and

Answer 1

On Debian (or Ubuntu) systems, just install libmysqlclient-dev package using:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

and then:

gem install mysql

It will be installed without any error.

Answer 2

Your Ubuntu OS need to install library for mysql client sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

After That just install bundle or bundle install