I am very new to Ruby. I installed DataMapper and I am trying to install the dm-mysql-adapter-1.0.2 gem. But when I try to install, I get the following error. I am using ubuntu OS.
vinoth@vinoth-laptop :~/Downloads$ gem install dm-mysql-adapter-1.0.2 -- --with-mysql- lib=/usr/lib/mysql -- --with-mysql-conf=/usr/bin/mysql WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /home/vinoth/gems and /home/vinoth/gems/bin aren't both writable. WARNING: You don't have /home/vinoth/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH, gem executables will not run. Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing dm-mysql-adapter-1.0.2: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb --with-mysql-lib=/usr/lib/mysql -- --with-mysql- conf=/usr/bin/mysql checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no *** extconf.rb failed *** Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options: --with-opt-dir --without-opt-dir --with-opt-include --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include --with-opt-lib --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib - ........ Gem files will remain installed in /home/vinoth/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/do_mysql-0.10.2 for inspection. Results logged to /home/vinoth/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/do_mysql-0.10.2/ext/do_mysql/gem_make.out
Am I missing something?
Additional Information.
Ruby Version: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]
Gem Version: 1.3.5
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