Port install Mysql

[dayansh@…]

Hey guys,
I have been trying to install MYSQL but eveytime i do that it give me these errors

$ port install mysql
Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.

i also tried -- gem install mysql2 it give me a response saying

$ gem install mysql2
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES)
    Permission denied - /Users/ad/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/.gitignore

Any help is highly appreciated

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

To make modifications to files in /opt/local, MacPorts must be run as root, which is usually done using sudo:

sudo port install mysql5

I have no familiarity with ruby so I cannot help you install gems.

[dayansh@…]

Hey Ryan, thank you i did what you said and it returned this, i still cant figure out what is the problem when i am tying to start one of the rails app which has mysql require it breaks down

$ sudo port install mysql5
Password:
---> Computing dependencies for mysql5
---> Cleaning mysql5

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It means you have already succeeded at installing mysql5.

This is just the MySQL programs, libraries, and headers, however; it does not including anything that will help you use MySQL from Ruby. Perhaps you need to also install the rb19-mysql port (or, if you're using Ruby 1.8 instead of 1.9, the rb-mysql port).

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