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gem install pony

require 'rubygems'
require 'pony'

Pony.mail :from=>"me@example.com", :to=>"you@example.com", :subject=>"hello", :body=>"world"

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The same thing works with the data objects gem. Just specify the path the mysql config that it’s using and the gem should install just fine.

gem install do_mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config

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gem install monk

You’ll need to install the wycats-thor gem first with this command

gem install wycats-thor -s http://gems.github.com

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This will fail

gem install mysql

What you need to do is tell the gem which MySQL to use. I installed MySQL with mac ports, http://macports.org , so I need to specify this when I run the installation command.

gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config

Check out an earlier post explaining how to install MySQL with mac ports http://seanbehan.com/programming/installing-sphinx-search-engine-on-mac-os-x-or-ld-library-not-found-for-lmysqlclient/

You’re not out of the woods yet. Rails needs to know the location of the socket it uses to connect to the MySQL server. I created a symbolic link to the location Rails normally looks for this socket. You could specify the location of the socket in the config/database.yml file, however, then you’ll need to do this with each of your applications.

ln -s /private/tmp/mysql.sock /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock

If there is an easier way to get MySQL back for Rails on Mac OS X please let me know. I’d love a quick fix to this problem.

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