Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of.

Gem files will remain installed in Usersuseruser.rvmgemsruby-1.9.2-p136gemsmysql2-0.2.6 for inspection.

I thought my mamp install of MySQL would work fine and spent a few hours playing around with paths to get that to work no success.

Finally came across this post from ALoR and installed a fresh version through homebrew however be sure to follow ALL the instructions from homebrew I missed a few steps and wasted another hour tracking down that problem here are those instructions: After MySQL was successfully installed, I ran: sudo gem install mysql2 and it worked like a charm.

Hope this helps someone from wasting several hours because they neglected to read the docs (newb mistake).

I tried to run source Desktoptest.sql and received the error, mysql.

Alternatively, need to copy.profile from profile in which it is installed to end users profile - and fix permissions on.profile for that user.

This will allow launching xfig and related components to run properly from Terminal.

This is a workaround, as need to launch from Terminal rather than X11, as documented below.

Install Hombrew For Mac 10.6