On some systems, getting the mysql gem to build can be a little tricky. Fedora 11 x86_64 will require a bit of extra finesse to get the gem installed. First off, ensure that you've installed the mysql-devel package:
# yum -y install mysql-devel
I'll assume that you already installed the rubygems package. You can install the mysql gem like this:
# gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/bin/mysql_config Building native extensions. This could take a while... Successfully installed mysql-2.7 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for mysql-2.7... Installing RDoc documentation for mysql-2.7...
