[LRUG] rvm install help!

[Adrian Stainforth]

Thanks for help victor, but still no joy.  I wonder if it was my install of
mysql I had to add:

   basedir=/usr/local/mysql

datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data


to make it work. :(

On 17 January 2011 14:13, Viktor Tron <viktor.tron at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:39:04 -0000, Jim Myhrberg <contact at jimeh.me> wrote:
>
>  uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes
>>
>
> although you should pay attention to the collation and setting your db but
> the above error
> clearly shows that your app (or rake) is not finding MysqlCompat class.
>
> This is most probably due to rake not finding the mysql gem.
>
> first try:
>
> $ rvm rake db:setup/db:migrate
>
> if this does not work try to stick the environment to rvm install,
> something like:
>
> rvm 1.8.7
> rvm gemset create tabascopizza (if you want project specific install of
> gems)
> env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" rvm 1.8.7 at tabascopizza gem install mysql --
> --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
>
> and then still stick rvm in front of rake
>
> hope this helped
>
> Once we are here, let me dump my woes on you:
>
> I have had a lot of problems with rvm. if a globally installed rake is
> called sometimes
> it fails to find the gemset specific gems, also sometimes the default
> environment is
> not set and gems get installed globally, plus gemset specific bin paths are
> sometimes not set.
>
> Also, it seems there is a problem with gem install in that if binary
> executables are found in the global
> path, then gem install does not install the binaries.
> This means that if you have a globally installed rake/rails/bundle then any
> project/gemset specific
> install will not invoke the right binary (because it is not installed) and
> this is really annoying.
>
> under rails 3, there is another funny issue, that if you use mysql2 adaptor
> you still need mysql.
> mysql also has to be in Gemfile (just being installed is not enough!)
> otherwise you get uninitialised constant error
>
> not sure but maybe related to this?
> https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/5464
>
> Vik
>
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Adrian Stainforth

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