Rails - Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.18.dylib
30 Aug 2012After switching from MacPorts to Homebrew (and re-isntalling mysql) I was getting an error running my rails server:
.../gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle, 9): Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.18.dylib (LoadError)
PerĀ StackOverflow was a simple fix:
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib
Oh, also had to update database.yml to point to /tmp/mysql.sock from /opt/local.var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock