Installing mysql2 0.3.13

Question

I'm having trouble finding good instructions on how to install gem mysql2-0.3.13 and have it up and running for a ruby on rails application. Could anyone please break down this process? When I try to install the gem, I get this error:
I m using rails 3.2.13 and ruby 1.9.3 and mac OSX

Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.........  
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/..  
/Users/sumitkalra1984/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@global/gems/bundler-1.3.5/lib/bundler.rb:284: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local/bin in PATH, mode 040777
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Using minitest (4.7.5)   
Using multi_json (1.7.9)   
Using atomic (1.1.13)   
Using thread_safe (0.1.2)   
Using tzinfo (0.3.37)   
Using activesupport (4.0.0)   
Using builder (3.1.4)   
Using erubis (2.7.0)   
Using rack (1.5.2)   
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Using activerecord (4.0.0)   
Using thor (0.18.1)   
Using railties (4.0.0)   
Using activerecord-session_store (0.0.1)   
Using bcrypt-ruby (3.1.1)   
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Using coffee-rails (4.0.0)   
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Using devise (3.0.3)   
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Using multipart-post (1.2.0)   
Using faraday (0.8.8)   
Using hashie (2.0.5)   
Using hike (1.2.3)   
Using httpauth (0.2.0)   
Using jbuilder (1.5.0)   
Using jquery-rails (3.0.4)   
Using json (1.8.0)   
Using jwt (0.1.8)   
Using libv8 (3.16.14.3)   
Installing mysql2 (0.3.13)   
Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /Users/sumitkalra1984/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/mysql2-0.3.13/MIT-LICENSE  
An error occurred while installing mysql2 (0.3.13), and Bundler cannot continue.  
Make sure that `gem install mysql2 -v '0.3.13'` succeeds before bundling.  

Answer 1

If you have facing permission problem then install the gems as a root user like

sudo bundle install

please check you have mysql installed properly and for Mysql2 gem before installing the gem type

sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev libmysql-ruby

I am not a mac user but It work's in ubuntu. Hope this could help you.

Answer 2

I ran to the same problem. To fix this problem, open a command prompt. go to your application folder. And type: gem install mysql2 -v 0.3.11 this version is working great. this is for Windows.

Answer 3

I don't know if you are in my same situation. I've solved checking out if in my RVM there was a directory for mysql gem (probably generated from previous bundle commands). I've removed the folder and then i've run again bundle install .