Install mysql2 on MacOS Mojave

mysql2-mojave.md

Problem

Installing mysql2 gem errors on MacOS Mojave.

Solution

Make sure openssl is installed on Mac via Homebrew.

brew install openssl

Install mysql2 gem.

gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.2' -- --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include

Thanks, man!

Heroic

Yaasss!

If you came here because you're trying to bundle your project into a specific directory and the gem won't build, you can tell bundler to use these build flags when it installs the gem.

bundle config build.mysql2 --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include
bundle install --path .bundle

Thanks!

Thank you so much! You were a big help!

took me an hour until I finally found your solution, thanks!

save my life

I still get this error:

cannot load such file -- mysql2/mysql2

when trying to use mysql2 on Rails (5.2.2)

Works on my machine!

Just found this, and it was immensely helpful. How did you reach this solution?

excellent, thanks!

Hurray!!! That did it!
Thank you!

Thank you!

Much appreciated!

Thanks!

ありがとう！

You the man!

Thanks!

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