localhost-3:early-prog $ uname -a
Darwin localhost-3.local 9.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:35:55 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
localhost-3:early-prog $ sudo bash -c “ARCHFLAGS=’-arch i386′ gem install mysql”
Select which gem to install for your platform (universal-darwin9.0)
1. mysql 2.7.3 (mswin32)
2. mysql 2.7.1 (mswin32)
3. mysql 2.7 (ruby)
4. mysql 2.6 (ruby)
5. Skip this gem
6. Cancel installation
> 3
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

ruby extconf.rb install 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… 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
*** 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=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
–with-mysql-config
–without-mysql-config
–with-mysql-dir
–without-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

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
localhost-3:early-prog $

sudo env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch ppc” gem install mysql — –with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql/ –with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/mysql/

note: if you copy this, change ‘ppc’ as needed

sudo bash -c “ARCHFLAGS=’-arch i386′ gem install mysql — -with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql –with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib –with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include”

sudo bash -c “ARCHFLAGS=’-arch i386′ gem install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 –with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/mysql –with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql”

sudo env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch ppc” gem install mysql — –with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config