I have recently converted to cygwin.  I have mysql (the windows binary) 
installed on XP.  Accessing mysql through cygwin works fine as is.  When 
I try to run ruby/mysql programs through cygwin, it fails.  To get 
ruby/mysql working in windows, I put a mysql.so in i386-win folder and a 
mysql.rb in one of the load paths.  For cygwin, I put the same mysql.so 
in the i386-cygwin folder and the same mysql.rb in the one of the load 
paths (site_ruby).  Before this though I tried

gem instal mysql

and it fails (I think because it can't find the libraries and/or header 
files).  This is probably because mysql is installed on XP and not 
cygwin.  So I imagine I need to install mysql in cygwin, but I'm not 
sure how to do this.  Any suggestions?

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