[Bug 437280] [NEW] failed to build mysql gem

Sat Sep 26 17:04:58 UTC 2009

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: rubygems

I'm not sure why this gem fails to install, perhaps there's something
which Ubuntu has moved around which causes the gem to fail to build?

 root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# aptitude install ruby -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ruby ruby1.8{a} 
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 24.0kB/44.8kB of archives. After unpacking 242kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main ruby1.8 1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1 [24.0kB]
Fetched 24.0kB in 1s (15.7kB/s)                     
Selecting previously deselected package ruby1.8.
(Reading database ... 139812 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ruby1.8 (from .../ruby1.8_1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ruby.
Unpacking ruby (from .../apt/archives/ruby_4.2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up ruby1.8 (1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up ruby (4.2) ...
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

root at ARRAKIS:~# gem install mysql
The program 'gem' can be found in the following packages:
 * rubygems1.8
 * rubygems1.9
Try: apt-get install <selected package>
-su: gem: command not found
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# aptitude install rubygems
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  irb1.8{a} libreadline-ruby1.8{a} rdoc1.8{a} rubygems rubygems1.8{a} 
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 386kB of archives. After unpacking 2105kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe libreadline-ruby1.8 1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1 [10.4kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe irb1.8 1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1 [79.1kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe rdoc1.8 1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1 [125kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe rubygems1.8 1.3.1-1 [169kB]                                              
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe rubygems 1.3.1-1 [2712B]                                                 
Fetched 386kB in 13s (29.2kB/s)                                                                                          
Selecting previously deselected package libreadline-ruby1.8.
(Reading database ... 139849 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libreadline-ruby1.8 (from .../libreadline-ruby1.8_1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package irb1.8.
Unpacking irb1.8 (from .../irb1.8_1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package rdoc1.8.
Unpacking rdoc1.8 (from .../rdoc1.8_1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package rubygems1.8.
Unpacking rubygems1.8 (from .../rubygems1.8_1.3.1-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package rubygems.
Unpacking rubygems (from .../rubygems_1.3.1-1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libreadline-ruby1.8 (1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up irb1.8 (1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1) ...

Setting up rdoc1.8 (1.8.7.72-3ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up rubygems1.8 (1.3.1-1) ...

Setting up rubygems (1.3.1-1) ...
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# gem install mysql
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing mysql:
  ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb install mysql
extconf.rb:10:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)
  from extconf.rb:10

Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/gem_make.out
Updating ri class cache with 1156 classes...
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
root at ARRAKIS:~# root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# date
Sat Sep 26 09:34:51 PDT 2009
root at ARRAKIS:~# 
root at ARRAKIS:~# ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i486-linux]
root at ARRAKIS:~#

** Affects: libgems-ruby (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: jaunty mysql ruby

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failed to build mysql gem
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437280
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