Are you attempting to install the mysql gem and you are receiving this error? Fetching: mysql-2.8.1.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no checking for main() in -lm... yes checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… Read more
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How to SSH to a server using Ruby – Part II
Welcome to Part II of how to SSH to a server using Ruby. In Part I of this article, we gave you a simple example of how to SSH to a server and run a command. The hostname, username, password, and the command to execute were hardcoded in the example. In this article, we will… Read more
How to SSH to a server using Ruby – Part I
Welcome to Part I of how to SSH to a Linux, Windows, etc. server using Ruby. This post will give you a complete code example to get you up and running right away! The code below will connect to the server specific and run the ls -al command. Be sure to change the values in… Read more
