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POLibrary not loaded: libmysqlclient.16.dylib error when trying to run 'rails server' on OS X 10.6 with mysql2 gem
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copied!<p>I've been struggling with this for some time.</p> <p>I've installed Rails 3, gem, mysql on my Snow Leopard machine. All was going well until I created my first project and tried to run </p> <pre><code>rails server </code></pre> <p>Upon running this I get:</p> <pre><code>jontybrook$ rails server /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle: dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle, 9): Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.16.dylib (LoadError) Referenced from: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle Reason: image not found - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2.rb:7 from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:64:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:64:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:62:in `each' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:62:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:51:in `each' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:51:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.7/lib/bundler.rb:112:in `require' from /Users/jontybrook/Dropbox/CODING/simple_cms/config/application.rb:7 from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:28:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:28 from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:27:in `tap' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:27 from script/rails:6:in `require' from script/rails:6 jontybrook$ </code></pre> <p>As far as I can tell the problem is with the mysql2 gem. MySQL seems to be running fine and my Gemfile references mysql2, my database.yml file seems ok also.</p> <p>The error mentions</p> <pre><code>Reason: image not found - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle </code></pre> <p>And yet </p> <pre><code>jontybrook$ cd /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6/lib/mysql2 jontybrook$ ls client.rb em.rb error.rb mysql2.bundle result.rb </code></pre> <p>MySQL2.bundle is there!?</p> <p>If I use the old mysql gem, WEBrick boots fine. But that's not ideal, is it?</p> <p>I've tried everything google can give me! Any help much appreciated.</p>

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