How to resolve Rails issue- An error occurred while installing mysql2 (0.4.4), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install mysql2 -v ‘0.4.4’` succeeds before bundling.

Hi all,

you may get this issue while working on Rails 4.0 and above version along with Ruby 2.0 and above.

this is very common issue if you are going ahead with up gradation of Rails environment.

Steps to be follow-

For Windows System-

1. Download the the newest mysql-connector to c:\mysql-connector folder
2. gem install mysql2 — ‘–with-mysql-include=”C:\mysql-connector\include” –with-mysql-lib=”C:\mysql-connector\lib”
3.  

   Hopefully it will work for you.

For Ubuntu System-

1. open terminal (Ctrl+alt+T)
2. $ sudo apt-get install libmysqld-dev
3. Run bundle from your project directory $ bundle

This will resolve the issue.

Have a nice Day !!!