No more words, see the console text¡§ Results logged to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out C:\>gem install --remote mysql Attempting remote installation of 'mysql' Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError) ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. Gem files will remain installed in c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection. ruby extconf.rb install --remote mysql\nchecking for mysql_query() in mysqlcli ent.lib... no checking for main() in m.lib... yes checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no checking for main() in z.lib... no checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no checking for main() in socket.lib... no checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no checking for main() in nsl.lib... no checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no Results logged to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.