mysql gem install error on Mac OS X - 'ulong' undeclared error

[Greg Hauptmann]

Hi,

I can't seem to install the mysql gem for Ruby (see errors below). I get an 'ulong' undeclared error. Can anyone assist?

============ERROR=========================
Macintosh:mysql-2.7 greg$ sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Password:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing mysql:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/opt/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
checking for mysql_ssl_set()... yes
checking for mysql.h... yes
creating Makefile

make
gcc -I. -I. -I/opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.10.1 -I. -DHAVE_MYSQL_SSL_SET -DHAVE_MYSQL_H -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/local/mysql/include -Os -arch i386 -fno-common -fno-common -O2 -fno-common -pipe -fno-common -c mysql.c
mysql.c: In function 'Init_mysql':
mysql.c:2015: error: 'ulong' undeclared (first use in this function)
mysql.c:2015: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
mysql.c:2015: error: for each function it appears in.)
mysql.c:2015: error: syntax error before numeric constant
mysql.c:2018: error: syntax error before numeric constant
make: *** [mysql.o] Error 1


Gem files will remain installed in /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
Results logged to /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out

===========VERSION INFO==========================
Macintosh:mysql-2.7 greg$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-darwin8.10.1]
Macintosh:mysql-2.7 greg$ rails --version
Rails 2.0.2
Macintosh:mysql-2.7 greg$ gem --version
1.1.0

=========MacBook Details============================
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz

System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010)
Kernel Version: Darwin 9.2.2



Regards
Greg