I would greatfully appreciate some assistance. As I have been attempting to update an app I am involved with I ran into the following error:
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
current directory:
/home/nevillesmith/.rbenv/versions/2.5.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/mysql-2.9.1/ext/mysql_api
/home/nevillesmith/.rbenv/versions/2.5.3/bin/ruby -r
./siteconf20190105-4972-1j6jic5.rb extconf.rb
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for -lm... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for -lz... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for -lsocket... no
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for -lnsl... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for -lmygcc... no
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
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/home/nevillesmith/.rbenv/versions/2.5.3/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-mysql-config
--without-mysql-config
--with-mysql-dir
--without-mysql-dir
--with-mysql-include
--without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include
--with-mysql-lib
--without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-mlib
--without-mlib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-zlib
--without-zlib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-socketlib
--without-socketlib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-nsllib
--without-nsllib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
--with-mygcclib
--without-mygcclib
--with-mysqlclientlib
--without-mysqlclientlib
To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can
be found here:
/home/nevillesmith/.rbenv/versions/2.5.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.5.0-static/mysql-2.9.1/mkmf.log
extconf failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in
/home/nevillesmith/.rbenv/versions/2.5.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/mysql-2.9.1 for
inspection.
Results logged to
/home/nevillesmith/.rbenv/versions/2.5.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.5.0-static/mysql-2.9.1/gem_make.out
An error occurred while installing mysql (2.9.1), and Bundler cannot
continue.
succeeds before bundling.
In Gemfile:
mysql