Todd Huss

25 Responses to “Ruby on Rails Mac OS X Intel Binary”

1. Chuck Cheeze Says:
   March 26th, 2006 at 12:04 am

   Hey Todd, looks great. I already installed everything on my iMac Intel according to Dan’s instructions with no problems. It works great. Most everything on my iMac is already UB…great…but I didn’t realize Ruby and such needed to be as well, and hadn’t seen official announcements that any new versions were out as UB. So can you help me explain how you have a UB distribution? And if Dan’s is working great on mine, should I install yours? Should (and how do) I uninstall his?

   Secondarily. I am getting along well using Rails, and kind of got tired of looking all over my Delicious, Bookmarks, etc for links to tutorials and references, so I built a site that I am hoping will be useful to a lot of Rails programmers. Its my link above, so feel free to check it out. Forum, links page, etc. I hadn’t seen a forum yet dedicated to Rails with indivdual breakouts of different aspects of the framework. Thanks Chad

2. Chuck Cheeze Says:
   March 26th, 2006 at 8:31 am

   OK I am a dork…partly due to the time of my post, partly being a Mac noob…once I shut down for the night and was brushing my teeth it occured to me that I built Ruby et. al. from the source, and didn’t install it with a binary, so I am good to go. Really, I am smarter than this…

3. Todd Huss Says:
   March 26th, 2006 at 9:28 am

   Yup, you should be all set since you built from source!

4. topfunky Says:
   March 28th, 2006 at 11:11 am

   Nice.

   I’m reorganizing my site and will link to your updated script.

5. durain Says:
   March 29th, 2006 at 12:33 pm

   Tried to run “sudo gem install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql”

   and get the following error:

   Attempting local installation of ‘mysql’
   Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
   Attempting remote installation of ‘mysql’
   Building native extensions. This could take a while…
   *** extconf.rb failed ***
   Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
   necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
   details. You may need configuration options.

   Provided configuration options:
   –with-opt-dir
   –without-opt-dir
   –with-opt-include
   –without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
   –with-opt-lib
   –without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
   –with-make-prog
   –without-make-prog
   –srcdir=.
   –curdir
   –ruby=/usr/local/ror/bin/ruby
   –with-mysql-config
   –without-mysql-config
   –with-mysql-dir
   –with-mysql-include
   –without-mysql-include=${mysql-dir}/include
   –with-mysql-lib
   –without-mysql-lib=${mysql-dir}/lib
   –with-mysqlclientlib
   –without-mysqlclientlib
   –with-mlib
   –without-mlib
   –with-mysqlclientlib
   –without-mysqlclientlib
   –with-zlib
   –without-zlib
   –with-mysqlclientlib
   –without-mysqlclientlib
   –with-socketlib
   –without-socketlib
   –with-mysqlclientlib
   –without-mysqlclientlib
   –with-nsllib
   –without-nsllib
   –with-mysqlclientlib
   –without-mysqlclientlib
   ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError)
   ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
   Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/ror/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
   ruby extconf.rb install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql\nchecking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
   checking for main() in -lm… no
   checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
   checking for main() in -lz… no
   checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
   checking for main() in -lsocket… no
   checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
   checking for main() in -lnsl… no
   checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no

   Results logged to /usr/local/ror/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out

   Any ideas? Thanks

6. Todd Huss Says:
   March 29th, 2006 at 2:03 pm

   Hi Durain, thanks for trying it out! A couple of things to check:

   1. Make sure you have XCode installed by running ‘gcc –version’ should show GCC version 4.0.1 or similar.

   2. Make sure the correct version of ruby is in your path `which ruby` should show /usr/local/ror/bin/ruby and NOT /usr/bin/ruby

   3. Make sure MySQL is installed in /usr/local/mysql, for example `which mysql` should show /usr/loca/mysql/bin/mysql

   4. Make sure MySQL header files in your installation by running: find /usr/local/mysql* -name “mysql.h”

7. durain Says:
   March 29th, 2006 at 3:26 pm

   Thanks Todd,

   Got it working once I got the Xcode Tools installed. I am a newbie, so please bare with me.

   Thanks.

8. chao lam Says:
   April 27th, 2006 at 3:37 pm

   Hi Todd,

   Thanks for a really nice package. Just a tiny correction. Step 3 of the readme should read:
   3. Add the following to your .bash_login:

   export MANPATH=/usr/local/ror/man:$MANPATH
   export PATH=/usr/local/ror/bin:/usr/local/ror/sbin:$PATH

   [Note sbin instead of bin for second path of $PATH]

   Thanks again,
   chao

9. Duncan McGregor Says:
   May 8th, 2006 at 9:28 am

   Hi, thanks for this great timesaver.

   Any tips on how to get ri to function correctly? At present I get

   ”
   $ which ri
   /usr/local/ror/bin/ri
   $ ri
   No ri documentation found in:

   Was rdoc run to create documentation?
   …
   $ which ri
   /usr/local/ror/bin/ri
   ~
   $ ri
   No ri documentation found in:

   Was rdoc run to create documentation?

   $ which ri
   /usr/local/ror/bin/ri
   ~
   $ ri
   No ri documentation found in:

   Was rdoc run to create documentation?
   …
   _If you installed Ruby from a binary distribution_ (perhaps using a
   one-click installer, or using some other packaging system), then the
   team that produced the package probably forgot to package the
   documentation as well. Contact them, and see if they can add it to the
   next release.
   ”

   Thanks in anticipation

   Duncan

10. Duncan McGregor Says:
    May 8th, 2006 at 9:29 am

    Ooops, can’t paste sensibly into a small window!

11. Todd Huss Says:
    May 10th, 2006 at 9:39 am

    Should be all set now Duncan, you’ll need to download the latest archive though. I added this feature to the ru-ra-lim.sh script I use to build from source so it should be in there for this one as well as future releases.

12. Duncan McGregor Says:
    May 10th, 2006 at 1:18 pm

    The business, thanks.

13. Bakki Kudva Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 12:11 pm

    Is it required that you change all the shebang lines in scripts generated to /usr/local/ror/bin? I thought this was a drag with the Darwinports since everything is at /opt/local.

    How are you managing this? You have to change everything back when you deploy your app to an ISP right?

    Thanks,

    bakki

14. Todd Huss Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    Bakki, there are two approaches to this.

    1. If you’re creating new scripts you should use

    #!/usr/bin/env ruby

    2. If you have a bunch of legacy scripts you don’t want to change you can symlink ruby into /usr/local so you don’t need to update the path to ruby:

    cd /usr/local/bin
    ln -s /usr/local/ror/bin/ruby .

15. Jeff Mills Says:
    June 9th, 2006 at 7:20 pm

    Just installed, worked like a charm, many thanks.

16. judy engelsberg Says:
    June 15th, 2006 at 5:20 am

    Thanks for your installer. According to your directions, I tried installing mySQL 4.1 standard first. Running os 10.4.6 on brand new intel iMac. Installer doesn’t recognize the hard drive. There are NO DESTINATIONS to install! Any work-around for this? Thanks for any help. I REALLY appreciate that you made an installer for Ruby on Rails.

17. judy engelsberg Says:
    June 15th, 2006 at 8:30 am

    Apple support fixed problem. Getting ready right now to enjoy your great installer. Thanks.

18. zak.thoughts.persist() » Blog Archive » Setting up Intel Mac for Rails development Says:
    June 16th, 2006 at 1:31 pm

    […] After googling around for a few hours and trying different RoR packagers, I found a nice, non-intrusive Mac Intel package at Todd Huss’s blog. Unlike Locomotive, which is a PowerPC application that hides the underlying Rails infrastructure, Todd’s package gives you a simple directory structure with Ruby and the basic gems that you can drop anywhere on your filesystem. […]

19. sergio Says:
    July 3rd, 2006 at 10:06 pm

    Thank you so much for your installer. I tried so many dfferent tutorials and nothing worked but yours worked perfectly.

    thanks again

20. Noel Jackson Says:
    August 29th, 2006 at 3:14 pm

    Seems that the URL for the Ruby 1.8.4.tar.gz file is wrong; it should be http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/7858/ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz

21. Ryan M Says:
    September 1st, 2006 at 5:05 pm

    Todd - this is very useful. Thanks. One thing though … I followed your instructions for installing the mysql driver, but based on the output, I’m not sure if it worked on not. Here’s what happened:

    RM-MacBookPro:~ ryan$ sudo gem install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
    Attempting local installation of ‘mysql’
    Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
    Attempting remote installation of ‘mysql’
    Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-darwin8.5.2)
    1. mysql 2.7.1 (mswin32)
    2. mysql 2.7 (ruby)
    3. mysql 2.6 (ruby)
    4. mysql 2.5.1 (ruby)
    5. Cancel installation
    > 2
    Building native extensions. This could take a while…
    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: parse error before numeric constant
    mysql.c:2018: error: parse error before numeric constant
    make: *** [mysql.o] Error 1
    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: parse error before numeric constant
    mysql.c:2018: error: parse error before numeric constant
    make: *** [mysql.o] Error 1
    ruby extconf.rb install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
    checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
    checking for main() in -lm… yes
    checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
    checking for main() in -lz… yes
    checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… yes
    checking for mysql_ssl_set()… yes
    checking for mysql.h… yes
    creating Makefile

    make
    gcc -fno-common -g -O2 -pipe -fno-common -I. -I/usr/local/ror/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.5.2 -I/usr/local/ror/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.5.2 -I. -DHAVE_MYSQL_SSL_SET -DHAVE_MYSQL_H -I/usr/local/mysql/include -c mysql.c

    make install
    gcc -fno-common -g -O2 -pipe -fno-common -I. -I/usr/local/ror/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.5.2 -I/usr/local/ror/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.5.2 -I. -DHAVE_MYSQL_SSL_SET -DHAVE_MYSQL_H -I/usr/local/mysql/include -c mysql.c
    Successfully installed mysql-2.7

    Note that the last line said it successfully installed but yet there seems to be compiler error above. Should I be concerned about this?

    I’m running mysql v 5.0.24a (universal).

    Thanks again.
    Ryan

22. Bob Silva Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 10:16 am

    This seems to be a problem with the mysql gem and the latest MySQL for OS X. I get the same error and am trying to figure it out, when I do I’ll post back.

23. Bob Silva Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 10:54 am

    A fix for compiling the ruby mysql gem on OS X with mysql 5.0.24+.

    http://i.nfectio.us/articles/2006/09/12/running-rails-on-os-x-with-mysql-5-0-24

24. Sven Says:
    February 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Are you still maintaining these great packages. I’m asking as Rails 1.2 is out now.

25. Todd Huss Says:
    February 2nd, 2007 at 11:58 am

    Sven, you can download the current version and then just run a “sudo gem update” which will install Rails 1.2.

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